Deaths dip to 553, lowest in 90 days

An elderly man on a wheelchair is escorted by a relative leaves after getting a dose of the Covishield vaccine against COVID-19, during a vaccination drive at Tagore Hall, in Ahmedabad, on Tuesday. Pic/AFP

With 553 fresh fatalities, India recorded the lowest daily death toll in around 90 days while 34,703 new cases of coronavirus were reported, the lowest in 111 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday morning. The active cases further declined to 4,64,357, the lowest in 101 days, and comprise 1.52 per cent of the total infections. The national Covid-19 recovery rate has improved to 97.17 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

More than 35.75 crore vaccine doses have been administered across India so far, the government said on Tuesday. On Day-171 of the vaccination drive (July 5), out of total 45,82,246 vaccine doses that were given, 27,88,440 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 17,93,806 beneficiaries received the second dose of the vaccine.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to ensure that people lodged in mental health establishments are tested for Covid-19 and are fully vaccinated at the earliest.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah took serious note of Maharashtra government's shifting patients lodged in mental health institutes to homes for beggars and asked it to discontinue the practice immediately saying it is counter-productive and runs against the provisions of Mental Health Act.

It asked states/UTs to remove the discrepancies in figures submitted about the people who have been cured but are still languishing in mental health institutions or who still need treatment. The bench said that from now on it will monitor the case and would start listing the case after three weeks as it is a very sensitive matter.

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Total no. of Coronavirus cases in india so far

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Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India so far

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Total no. of active cases in India

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