Covid-19 Updates: India has recorded over 2.7 lakh deaths so far.

New Delhi:

India’s daily Covid cases dropped below 3 lakh for the first time since April 21 with 2.81 lakh fresh infections reported in the last 24 hours. 4,106 Covid patients have died since yesterday.

The country has been recording more than 3,000 deaths every day due to Covid since April 28. More than 2.7 lakh people have died so far. The positivity rate this morning stood at 17.88 per cent. 

While vaccine shortage has dampened the world’s biggest vaccine drive, launched in January, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that over 51 lakh doses of vaccines will be received by the states and union territories in the next three days.