India reports 2.76 lakh new COVID-19 cases, deaths fall below 4,000 after 4 days

New Delhi: A day after India reported the highest ever casualty count due to the Covid-19 infection, the country witnessed 3,874 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall fatality figure to 2,87,122.

In the same period, 2,76,070 more people tested positive for the deadly infection, pushing the country’s caseload to 2,57,72,400.

There are currently 31,29,878 active cases in India, while 3,69,077 discharges have taken the overall recovery count from hospitals and other medical facilities to 2,23,55,440.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday will hold the second round of meeting with District Magistrates. Chief Ministers of various states and Union Territories will also participate in the meet. Officials from 54 districts across 10 states are expected to be present.

India recorded 4,529 deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, the highest one-day death toll since the beginning of the pandemic.

The country has been grappling with a devastating second wave of the coronavius pandemic at present, which has claimed the lives of thousands every day over the past one month, with shortage of vaccines and oxygen supply across the country multiplying the concerned manifold.

PM Modi earlier this week had said that continuous efforts are being made to ramp up vaccine supply on a large scale.

Bharatiya Janata Party chief JP Nadda had yesterday claimed that vaccines against the Covid-19 virus will be available to every citizen by December end.

“India developed two indigenous vaccines for the first time in just nine months, which have been administered to 18 crore Indians so far. By the end of December, the vaccine will be available to all and its calendar has been set,” Nadda said on Wednesday.