India's coronavirus case count rose to 99.06 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 94.22 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.12 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. More than 22,000 infections were reported in a day on Tuesday, while the death count rose to 1,43,709 with 354 new fatalities, the data showed.
India currently has a fatality rate of 1.45 per cent due to coronavirus. The government has said more than 70 per cent of the people recover from COVID-19 with mild or very mild symptoms. Such cases may not even require admission to COVID-19 blocks or dedicated hospitals, the Health Ministry said.
Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released a positively-worded briefing document about the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, a strong sign that a group of experts that meets in two days could vote to approve it.
The agency said there were "no specific safety concerns identified that would preclude issuance of an EUA (emergency use authorization) and confirmed an overall efficacy of 94.1 per cent."
The United States kicked off a mass vaccination drive Monday hoping to turn the tide on the world's biggest coronavirus outbreak, as the nation's deaths passed a staggering 3,00,000