India reported 2,67,334 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections to 2,54,96,330 since the pandemic began in January 2020. The country's highest single-day death toll was 4,529. This brought the total number of fatalities to 2,83,248.
The number of active cases in India was 32,26,719, while the number of recoveries was 2,19,86,363.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading infectious disease expert in the United States, said that US coronavirus vaccines will be “at least partially and possibly very protective” against the strains found in India.
On Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh minister Vijay Kashyap died of coronavirus. Other leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have paid tribute to him.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the coronavirus has infected over 16.39 crore people worldwide and killed over 33.99 lakh since the pandemic began in December 2019.
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