New Delhi, May 13, 2021: India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 2,37,03,665 with 3,62,727 new infections, while the recoveries have surged to 1,97,34,823, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.
The death count increased to 2,58,317 with 4,120 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Meanwhile, amid multiple states reporting a shortage of COVID-19 vaccine, Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech have submitted to the Centre their production plan for the next four months, informing they can ramp it up to 10 crore and 7.8 crore doses respectively by August, official sources said on Wednesday.
The sources said the Union Health Ministry and the office of Drugs Controller General of India had sought from both the firms their production plan for June, July, August and September, PTI reported.
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech’s indigenously developed Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield, being manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, are currently being used in India’s inoculation drive against coronavirus.