The total number of coronavirus infections in the world have exceeded 55.4 crore with over 63.6 lakh people losing their lives to the Covid-19 disease.
However, with the biggest vaccination campaign underway, more than 1210 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across 184 countries in the world, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The vaccination data also showed that roughly 2.84 crore doses are being administered on an average, throughout the globe, on a daily basis.
India's active cases rose for the 42nd straight day, as an intermittent increase in new infections outpaced single-day recoveries.
The country reported 16,103 new infections and 31 deaths in the last 24-hours, according to an update from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at 8 a.m. on July 3.
One-day recoveries stood at 13,929.
While the daily positivity rate in the country has now jumped to 4.27%, the current recovery rate stands at 98.54%.
Most of the states throughout the nation haven't yet made masking mandates mandatory in public areas, during this most recent rise in coronavirus cases.
