4,243 deaths, 534,869 cases were reported in last 7 days, according to data provided by WHO on Mar 29. 6,887,000 people have died till now. United States has the highest number of deaths, followed by Brazil, India, Russia and Mexico.
5,30,848 people have died till now. On 29 Mar, 4 deaths are reported. 76 people died in March. 31 people died in February. 38 people died in January. There are 11,903 active cases. 1,42,497 tests were performed in last 24 hours.
A significant proportion of population is unvaccinated in countries of Africa and Middle-east. In Africa, countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Cameroon, Mali and Burkina Faso have vaccinated less than 10 percent of population.
There have been one million COVID-19 deaths so far this year – a “tragic milestone” that must lead to more people being vaccinated against the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reported on Thursday.
66 percent of population, 91,10,04,322 people, have been vaccinated. 73.3 percent of population, 1,01,19,76,132 people, have taken one dose. 4,26,11,436 people have taken a booster dose.
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is leading the development of mRNA vaccine technology in India. It has announced the development of a potential mRNA vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2.
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Vaccine breakthrough cases : A person who gets infected with SARS-COV-2 after having been administered recommended doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a contagious respiratory disease caused by SARS-COV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2), a novel coronavirus.