COVID-19
India reports 60,471 new COVID-19 cases, 2,726 deaths in 24 hours
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Tuesday reported less than one lakh new COVID-19 cases for the eighth consecutive days while the toll in the last 24 hours remained under the three-thousand-mark.
In the last 24 hours, the Asian country with a huge population added 60,471 new infections pushing the overall tally to 29,570,881.
With 2,726 deaths apparently linked to the virus caused in the same time span, the COVID-19 toll has peaked to 3,77,031.
The recovery figure has further improved to 2,82,80,472 with 1,17,525 COVID-19 patients testing negative for the virus.
Meanwhile, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi will begin the selection process of children in the age group of 6-12 years for the clinical trials of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin on Tuesday, said Dr Sanjay Rai, professor at the Centre for Community Medicine at AIIMS Delhi, said a media report.
After the recruitment of children in the age group is done, the process for clinical trials for children between 2 to 6 years of age will be started, the report added.
The screening for clinical trials in the age group of 12 to 18 is already completed and they have been administered with a single dose of the vaccine, it said.
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