Coronavirus Latest News LIVE Updates: Total 3.05 Crore Covid Cases In India, Over 4 Lakh Deaths

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is overall 77.8 per cent effective against Covid, the vaccine maker in a statement.

India reported 44,111 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, slightly lower than Friday, and added 738 deaths. The country crossed a grim milestone of 4 lakh Covid deaths on Friday - the third after US and Brazil. The active Covid cases have declined to 4.95 lakh in India - the number is below 5 lakh after 97 days. Active cases constitute 1.62 per cent of total infections. Over 54,000 patients recovered in the last 24 hours taking total recoveries so far to over 2.96 crore. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the new infections for the 51st consecutive day. Meanwhile, Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is overall 77.8 per cent effective against Covid, the vaccine maker said on Saturday in a statement, citing the data from the third phase of clinical trials. The data, however, is yet to be peer-reviewed.