Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: Mumbai’s COVID-19 vaccination tally tops 1 lakh

Coronavirus LIVE Updates | Mumbai’s COVID-19 vaccination tally tops 1 lakh

Mumbai reported over 500 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in row this week yesterday, while 624 more patients recovered from the infection, according to civic officials. On the immunisation front, the number of people inoculated against COVID-19 crossed the 1-lakh mark in Mumbai, officials said. The number of vaccine beneficiaries has risen to 1,01,364, an official added. (Input from PTI)

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates | Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the world stand at 10.75 crore, according to the Reuters tracker. This figure includes COVID-19 patients who have recovered and the overall global death toll which stands at more than 23.56 lakh.

With over 2.73 crore reported cases so far, the United States is the worst-affected country in the world. The US is followed by India, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom.

Hello and welcome to Moneycontrol’s LIVE coverage of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its socio-economic impact and the massive vaccination drive across the world.

The COVID-19 outbreak has spread across 220 countries and territories. Today is the 324th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the infectious disease. Daily cases being reported in India have been dropping consistently over the last couple of months. Thus, the reopening process is also speeding up. Yet, states and Union Territories have continued to impose some local restrictions when and where required.

India began its massive COVID-19 vaccination drive on January 16. Over 70 lakh beneficiaries have been given at least the first dose so far.

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