Rationale behind China’s overtures
China recently invited journalists from a select media network to Beijing, entertained them, and arranged interactions with select officials who parroted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) line on Indo-China ties.
India recorded 1,778 new Covid-19 cases while 62 people lost their lives due to the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.
With the addition of new deaths due to the Covid-19, the total number of fatalities due to the coronavirus now stands at 5,16,605 in the country.
As per the Ministry’s data, the country witnessed a total of 2,542 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate to 98.75 per cent. The total number of recoveries reached 4,24,73,057.
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The total active cases of Covid-19 in the country have reduced to 23,087, the Ministry said.
The daily positivity rate on Wednesday was 0.26 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was 0.36 per cent.
As per the Ministry’s data, a total of 6,77,218 tests were conducted across the country in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tests to 78.42 crore.
A total of 181.89 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive, the Ministry said.
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