India records over 60,000 new Covid-19 cases, 1,647 deaths
New Delhi, June 19: India recorded 60,753 new covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending 8 am Saturday, taking the country’s total to over 2.98 crore, officials said.
They said that active cases further declined to 7.6 lakh. With 1,647 new fatalities, the death toll is 3.85 lakh. Kerala, with 11,361 new cases, was the only state to have reported more than 10,000 infections.
Preliminary data from India’s healthcare workers have shown that Covid-19 vaccination reduced chances of hospitalisation by 75 to 80 per cent and also reduced the need for oxygen therapy and critical care, the Union Ministry said.
In 8,991 vaccinated health workers, the role of vaccines in preventing critical hospitalisation was as high as 94 per cent.
