More than 3.14 crore balance and unutilised Covid-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states, Union Territories and private hospitals to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Over 48.78 crore doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and a further 68,57,590 doses are in the pipeline.

India records over 41k cases

With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union Health Ministry said. The number of active Coronavirus cases in the country registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day, according to the Ministry’s data updated at 8 am. The number of active cases has gone up to 40,8920, accounting for 1.29 per cent of the total number of cases, while the national Covid-19 recovery rate was recorded at 97.37 per cent, the data showed.