<p>India added 12,516 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,44,14,186, while the active cases declined to 1,37,416, the lowest in 267 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.</p>.<p>The death toll climbed to 4,62,690 with 501 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Meanwhile, the homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin on Thursday received long-awaited scientific credence with one of the world's top medical journals publishing the final trial results showing its ability to offer 78 per cent protection against symptomatic Covid-19 and 93 per cent against severe disease.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest coronavirus-related videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>India added 12,516 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours taking the country's total tally of Covid-19 cases to 3,44,14,186, while the active cases declined to 1,37,416, the lowest in 267 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.</p>.<p>The death toll climbed to 4,62,690 with 501 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/coronavirus" target="_blank"><strong>CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</strong></a></p>.<p>Meanwhile, the homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin on Thursday received long-awaited scientific credence with one of the world's top medical journals publishing the final trial results showing its ability to offer 78 per cent protection against symptomatic Covid-19 and 93 per cent against severe disease.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest coronavirus-related videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
