Corona Updates: 13,177 new cases, 296 deaths in 24 hours in the country; A total of 176.47 crore doses of vaccine have been administered so far.

In the last 24 hours, 13,177 new cases of the corona were found in the country, 29,194 patients were cured and 296 people died. At the same time, the number of active cases, that is, the number of patients undergoing treatment, has come down by 16,313. A day earlier on Tuesday, 15,102 new cases were found and 278 people died. At present, there are 1.4 lakh active cases in the country.

According to the Health Ministry, a total of 176.47 crore doses of the vaccine have been administered in the country so far. At the same time, more than 36 lakh doses were applied on Wednesday at 7 pm.

Corona situation in the country

Total cases- 4,28,80,178

Total Recovery – 4,22,08,772

Total Active Cases - 1,40,550

Total deaths - 5,12,922

Updates...

The mandatory requirement of a vaccine certificate for travel to religious institutions has now been done away with in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. However, it will be necessary to follow the corona protocol in such places.

The Swiss government said on Wednesday that it will donate 15 million doses of vaccine to other countries by the middle of this year so that its population of about 87 lakh can be vaccinated.

Novavax said on Wednesday that it has started shipping its vaccine to EU member states. Among these, the vaccine will be given to France, Austria, and Germany first.

Because of the decreasing corona cases in Italy, it has been decided to end the Covid emergency. Here PM Mario Draghi said on Wednesday that the Covid Emergency will be abolished from March 31. Earlier on February 11, the mandatory wearing of masks in public places was abolished.

The US Centers for Disease Control said on Wednesday that the gap between the first two doses of the vaccine could be extended to 8 weeks for young men. This will help reduce the risk of heart disease.