daily positivity rate has declined to 0.58% and the weekly positivity rate dipped to 0.69%, according to the ministry. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,73,460, while the case fatality rate was 1.22%.
The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive have exceeded 190.99 crore.
Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for reforming the World Health Organisation (WHO) during his address at the second global virtual summit on Covid-19 hosted by US President Joe Biden.
The prime minister also said that WHO must be strengthened to build a more resilient global health security architecture. Referring to India's handling of the pandemic, Modi said the country's vaccination programme is the largest in the world. "In India, we adopted a people-centric strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic," he said.
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