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India surged past 1 crore coronavirus cases on Saturday, official data showed, the second highest in the world although new infection rates have fallen sharply in recent weeks.
Over 95 lakh recoveries and 145,136 deaths have been reported so far, according to the health ministry.
The country has seen "a steep rise" in recoveries - from 50,000 in May to over 95 lakh in December, the government said this morning. "Recoveries are more than 30 times the active cases (currently only 3.14% of total cases)," it said.
Meanwhile, the United States authorized Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for six million doses of a second vaccine to soon begin shipping across the hardest-hit country in the world.
