India reports 41,383 new COVID-19 cases, 507 deaths in last 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Jul 22, 2021: India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 3,12,57,720 with 41,383 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries have crossed 3.04 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

 

The death count increased to 4,18,987 with 507 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Meanwhile, India has administered 41,76,56,752 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far, as per the 7 pm provisional report issued by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21.

More than 2.88 crore balance COVID-19 vaccine doses are currently available with states, UTs and private hospitals, the Health Ministry has informed. More than 43.25 crore (43,25,17,330) vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and a further 53,38,210 doses are in process.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has said that highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is expected to become the dominant strain of the virus over the coming months. Delta, which was first detected in India, has now been recorded in 124 territories -- 13 more than last week -- and already accounts for more than three-quarters of sequenced specimens in many major countries, the WHO said.