India's Covid 24 hr caseload: 16,577 cases, 120 deaths

February 26, 2021 09:28

India reports 16,577 new COVID-19 cases, 12,179 discharges and 120 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per data provided by the health ministry.

The daily cases is marginally lower than yesterday.

The tally stands at:

Total cases: 1,10,63,491

Total discharges: 1,07,50,680

Death toll: 1,56,825

Active cases: 1,55,986

Total Vaccination: 1,34,72,643

From March 1, the Covid vaccination will be extended to people aged 60 years and above and those aged above 45 years with comorbidities, it stated.

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