The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 44 straight days (File)India logged 10,488 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,10,413, while the active cases declined to 1,22,714, the lowest in 532 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The deaths climbed to 4,65,662 with 313 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 44 straight days and less than 50,000 daily new cases have been reported for 147 consecutive days now.Over 130 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been provided to states and union territories so far through free of cost channel and through direct state procurement category, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday.According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there are over 22 crore unutilized COVID vaccine doses still available with the states and UTs to be administered. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on June 21, 2021.Here are the LIVE Updates on Coronavirus cases in India:Israel PM sets goal to vaccinate children aged 5-11Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that the country’s goal is to vaccinate 50 per cent of children aged 5-11 by the end of December.The remark was made in a meeting between Bennett and general managers of the country’s four health maintenance organizations, a spokesperson for Bennett said in a statement.The managers informed Bennett of the preparation for vaccination rollout for the children.The move came after the Israeli health ministry decided to approve Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger children earlier this month.Covid-19: Assam reports 91 new cases, one more deathAssam on Sunday registered 91 fresh Covid-19 cases, 147 less than Saturday’s figure, as the tally went up to 6,15,382, the National Health Mission (NHM) said.One more person died due to coronavirus during the day as against five on Saturday. the total number of fatalities rose to 6,072.The lone death was reported from Kamrup Metropolitan district.The NHM said 1,347 more Covid-19 patients have died till now, but the government’s Death Audit Board has not included them in the tally of deaths caused by the disease as they had other ailments too.With the detection of 91 patients against the testing of 14,759 samples on Sunday, Assam has reported a positivity rate of 0.62 per cent.The state had reported 238 coronavirus positive cases on Saturday against the testing of 37,223 samples. Currently, the state has 1,626 active cases.
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