NEW DELHI, July 21 (NNN-UNI) – India’s health ministry, this morning reported 587 new deaths from COVID-19, and 37,148 positive cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 28,084 and the total cases to 1,155,191.
According to ministry officials, so far 724,578 people have been discharged from hospitals after showing improvement.
“The number of active cases in the country right now is 402,529,” according to the ministry.
Presently the country entered “Unlock 2.0” phase, though restrictions remain in full force inside the COVID-19 Containment Zones.
As the COVID-19 cases continue to rise, human trials of a vaccine — COVAXIN, developed by “Bharat Biotech” started at a government-run hospital PGI Rohtak, in northern state of Haryana on Friday.
“Three subjects were enrolled today. All have tolerated the vaccine very well. There were no adverse effects,” tweeted the state’s health minister, Anil Vij.– NNN-UNI
