India, in the meanwhile, has vaccinated 122.4 crore people, with 42,04,171 doses administered in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data showed. Total number of tests done during the previous day was 7.62 lakh.
Maharashtra saw its highest turnout in seven weeks on Nov. 28 with 7 lakh people stepping out to get vaccinated. Officials attributed it to emerging concerns about the new virus variant.
As a result, India has halted plans to resume easing of travel restrictions from all countries.
Global Update
Globally, coronavirus infections have exceeded 26.2 crore, with more than 52 lakh losing their lives to the Covid-19 disease.
Over 791 crore doses have been already administered to people around the world.
For more global updates on the coronavirus pandemic, read here...
