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India’s considerable population still vulnerable to Covid-19: ICMR's 2nd sero-survey
NEW DELHI : Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that the Indian Council of Medical Research's second Sero Survey-report has shown that a considerable population of people in the country are still vulnerable to the novel coronavirus pandemic."ICMR’s second Sero Survey report reveals that a considerable population still vulnerable to COVID19," Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Union Health Ministry said.The survey report comes as India today recorded 70,589 new coronavirus cases and 776 deaths in a span of 24 hours, taking the overall tally to over 61 lakh-mark (61,45,291).Out of the total number of Covid cases, 9,47,576 are currently active; 51,01,397 have been discharged, while 96,318 lost