New Delhi: India registered 16,464 fresh coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.

The death count climbed to 5,26,396 with 24 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The total active cases of Covid-19 in India have increased to 1,43,989, the health ministry data showed today. Yesterday, the registered active cases were 1,43,676.

Vaccination Update

India has so far administered more than 204.34 crore vaccine doses under the nationwide vaccination drive, which includes 93.29 crore second dose and 9.06 crore precautionary doses. About 8,34,167 doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

India’s COVID-19 case tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 2020, 40 lakh on September 5, 2020, 50 lakh on September 16, 2020, 60 lakh on September 28, 2020, 70 lakh on October 11, 2020, 80 lakh on October 29, 2020, 90 lakh on November 20, 2020 and the one-crore mark on December 19, 2020.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore Covid cases on May 4, 2021, the three-crore mark on June 23, 2021 and four crore cases on January 25 this year.

India has “created history again”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as the country achieved a big milestone of administering two billion vaccine doses in just 18 months.

Congratulating all Indians on crossing the “special figure”, PM Modi said that he is “proud of those who contributed to making India’s vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed”. He added that it has “strengthened the global fight against COVID-19”.

“India creates history again! Congrats to all Indians on crossing the special figure of 200 crore vaccine doses. Proud of those who contributed to making India’s vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed. This has strengthened the global fight against COVID-19,” wrote PM Modi on Twitter.