Indian Health Ministry announced, on Friday, that the country has recorded 96424 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of cases to 5.2 million.
The number of deaths also reached 84372 after reporting 1174 new deaths.
Earlier, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his country is preparing to produce large quantities of COVID-19 vaccines once the scientists give approval to move forward.
In his speech on the occasion of the Independence Day, Modi added: “Not one or two vaccines, but three ones are being tested in India.”
“Along with mass-production, the roadmap for distribution of vaccine to every single Indian in the least possible time is also ready,” Modi said from the ramparts of the red sandstone palace in the old quarters of Delhi, according to Reuters.
It is worth mentioning that, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus a global pandemic as the new virus has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
More cases of the virus, which causes respiratory disease COVID-19, continue to emerge, with outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, and Iran.
People across the globe partake in self-isolation for 14 days as an effective precautionary measure to protect those around them and themselves from contracting COVID-19.
Transmission of virus between humans happens when someone comes into contact with an infected person’s secretions, such as droplets in a cough.
It can also be transmitted by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes.
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