New Delhi, October 23:
The number of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has surpassed 7.7 million in India with 715,812 active cases while the toll from the infection has gone up to 116616, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare as on Thursday.
The recovery figures, however, continue to bind hopes of the nation. As many as 6,874,518 people have recovered from Covid-19 in home isolation or have been discharged from the hospital.
Meanwhile, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI’s) Expert Committee has recommended granting permission to conduct Phase III clinical trials for Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The panel added that the recommendation is after assessing data from Phase I & II as well as animal challenge study.
The global infection tally has reached 41,595,980 while 1,135,880 people have died of the disease.
