Covid-19 India Live Updates: India data over 16,000 new circumstances, 214 deaths; Kerala stays prime contributor

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital to assessment the dry run drill for administering COVID-19 vaccine, in New Delhi. (PTI)
 
The DCGI in its presser on Sunday gave nod to the “emergency restricted” approval for 2 vaccine candidates in India, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Oxford-Astrazeneca’s Covishield. The drug controller stated that it’s paying shut consideration to the growing circumstances of UK’s Covid-19 new pressure within the nation and was prioritising its menace whereas conducting medical trials.
Covid-19 testing on the primary two days of the brand new yr have been under a million. Only three states reported greater than 1,000 circumstances on Saturday, however Kerala remains to be reporting over 5,000 circumstances. With 5,327 new circumstances on Saturday, Kerala has to date recorded over 7.71 infections.