Coronavirus news and live updates: India reported 71,365 new Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, taking the country’s active case count to 8,92,828. Wednesday’s daily case count is higher than 67,597 new infections from Tuesday. Over 1.72 lakh people have recovered from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing total recoveries to 4,10,12,869 and India’s recovery rate to 96.7%.
China said it was considering a “coordinated” arrangement for the return of foreign students, but remained non-committal on a specific timetable to allow them, including more than 23,000 Indians, who have been stuck at home for two years due to from Beijing. Covid-19 visa bans. Asked about when China will allow stranded Indian students and what is stopping Beijing from allowing them, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian simply reiterated what his ministry has been saying for more than a year. year, namely that Beijing wants an orderly return of students according to law. Covid-19 safety protocols.
Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha has been informed that no less than 142,55,22,208 doses of Covishield, 23,85,86,688 doses of Covaxin and 12,09,124 doses of Sputnik V have been administered to eligible beneficiaries till February 3 . As of February 3, 2022, a total of 89.73 crores (95.6%) of the adult population aged 18 and over have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 71.80 crores (76.5%) received both doses, the Union Minister of State for Health said. said Bharati Pravin Pawar in a written response.
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