New Delhi: From next week, information on the CoWIN portal will be available in Hindi and 14 regional languages, along with 17 more laboratories that have been added to monitor Covid-19 variants. The health minister said, "For the first time after 26 days in India, the number of new cases of coronavirus infection has come below three lakhs. Also, there has been a decline of 1,01,461 in the number of patients undergoing treatment in the last 24 hours." According to the statement, the Union Health Minister said that the Center is continuously assisting the states to deal with the pandemic. More than 4.22 crore N-95 masks, 1.76 crore PPE kits, 52.64 lakh Remdesivir vials and 45,066 ventilators have been given to states and union territories.

Source: dna May 17, 2021 17:26 UTC