Coronavirus LIVE: Record 1.32 million vaccinated in a single day in Andhra

The country recorded 1,576 deaths from the disease. Its total case load stands at 2,98,81,965 and fatalities at 3,86,713. The daily positivity rate stands at 3.22 per cent: the thirteenth consecutive day it has remained below 5 per cent. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) norm consider positivity rate below 5 per cent to be within the safe zone.

World coronavirus update: Covid-19 is continuing to spread around the world, with more than 178.9 million confirmed cases and 3,874,879 deaths across nearly 200 countries recorded since China reported its first cases to the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2019. The US remains the worst-hit country with 34,401,712, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey.