A decrease of 1,822 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (34,437,307 infections and 463,530 deaths), followed by Brazil (21,957,967 infections and 611,283 deaths).
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said the government does not want to make haste about administering Covid vaccines to children and any decision in this regard will be taken based on expert opinion.
As per the data from the 10th Edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, diabetes caused 6.7 million deaths in 2021, with 537 million adults (aged 20 to 79 years) around the world currently living with the condition.
A decrease of 390 cases has been recorded in the active COVID cases in last 24 hours.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 47,050,502 and 762,972, according to the CSSE.
MACH-19's third ongoing trial measures whether the same medicinal mushrooms, given in capsules at the time of initial Covid vaccination, can increase antibodies and other measures of immune response.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.94 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for the last 40 days. The weekly positivity rate was also recorded at 1.05 per cent. It has been below 2 per cent for the last 50 days, according to the health ministry.
According to the WHO's weekly report, during the week of November 1-7, the WHO European Region reported 1,949,419 new cases, a 7 per cent week-on-week increase, while other regions reported declines or stable trends.
In terms of infections, India follows in second place with 34,414,186 cases and Brazil third with 21,939,196 infections.
The country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1. The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed happiness over "yet another significant milestone" in the fight against coronavirus.
Bijay Panigrahi, Director, Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday said that the government has targeted to administer first dose of Covid vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries among the target population by December this year.
A decrease of 1,140 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
The phase 3 trial Efficacy and Safety Study involving 25,800 volunteers across 25 sites in India is India's largest ever clinical trial conducted for a Covid-19 vaccine.
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