India on Saturday reported 401.993 new positive cases of COVID-19 - the first time the country has surpassed 400.000 cases in a single day.
This brings the total to more than 19 million positive cases since the start of the pandemic and marks the 10th consecutive day of more than 300.000 daily cases, according to figures from the Indian Ministry of Health. It is the first time a country has recorded more than 400.000 cases in a single day.
India also reported another 3.523 virus-related deaths, taking the total death toll to 211.853. It is the fourth day in a row that the daily death toll has exceeded 3.000.
As of Friday evening, 154.854.096 vaccine doses had been administered. A total of 27.889.889 people had received their second doses - equivalent to 2.1% of India's population of 1.3 billion people, according to a Health Ministry press release.
India launched its vaccination campaign on January 16 and expanded the program to everyone over the age of 18 on Saturday.
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