Covid-19 LIVE: India cases near 9.8 mn; Russia vaccinates 10,000 servicemen

Coronavirus live updates: On Thursday, India reported 34,666 fresh Covid-19 cases. Its case tally now stands at 9,796,992. The country's death toll has mounted to 142,222. With 1,864,348 cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 897,801, Andhra Pradesh 873,995, Tamil Nadu 795,240, and Kerala 654,041. With 1,575 new cases, Delhi's coronavirus tally has crossed the 600,000 mark.

With a continuous trend of daily reductions, India's share of global active coronavirus cases is down to 1.89 per cent (one in 52).

World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 70,676,944. While 49,127,969 have recovered, 1,587,420 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 16,020,811 cases, and 299,576 have died from the disease there. It is followed by India, which has 9,796,992 cases, Brazil (6,783,543), Russia (2,569,126), France (2,337,966).

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