A customer looks at a water pistol at a store in Mumbai a day before the Holi festival. Celebrations are muted in India on account of Covid-19.(Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
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Mar 29, 2021
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On the testing front, 15 states/UTs have lower tests per million than the national average (1,74,602). These states include Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra, the Health ministry said.
Indian authorities administered over 6 crore Covid-19 vaccines across the country, out of which 21.54 lakh jabs have been given in the last 24 hours, , the health ministry said.
Total vaccine beneficiaries: 6,02,69,782
Beneficiaries vaccinated in the last 24 hours: 21,54,170
Globally, coronavirus cases passed 12.65 crore, while deaths exceeded 27 lakh, as of Sunday morning.
China has administered more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as the country speeds up its inoculation efforts. The pace of U.S. vaccinations has also picked up, with 75% of the population on track to be vaccinated within four months.
But in a setback, the U.S. added almost 79,000 Covid-19 cases in a day amid evidence in some states that infections are shifting to under-30s.