6.148 People Reported Died In One Day Due To COVID-19, India Sets World's Darkest Record

JAKARTA - India set a dark record after reporting 6.148 of its citizens died in the last 24 hours due to COVID-19, Thursday, June 10 local time. This figure came after one state revised its tally to include those who died in private hospitals and homes.

The Department of Health of the State of Bihar, one of India's poorest states, revised the death toll from COVID-19 in their records, from 5.400 to 9.400 as of Wednesday, June 9.

Cited from Reuters, India's daily death toll from COVID-19 is the highest in the world, far beating the previous world record set by the United States of 5.400 deaths as of February 12.

In total, India has now recorded 29.2 million cases of COVID-19 infection, after an increase of 94.052 cases in the last 24 hours, with the total death toll reaching 359.676 according to Indian Ministry of Health data.

Meanwhile, India's domestic COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech announced that complete data on the Phase III trial for Covaxin will be published in July, as quoted by Indian Express from ANI.

Data will first be submitted to the Central Drug Standards Monitoring Organization, followed by peer-reviewed journals with a three-month period for publication. Bharat Biotech told ANI, once the final analysis of the phase III data is available, it will apply for a full license for the Covaxin vaccine.

Bharat Biotech previously said that Covaxin had demonstrated an overall temporary clinical efficacy of 78 percent and 100 percent efficacy against severe COVID-19 disease in a phase III trial. The interim analysis is based on more than 87 cases of COVID-19 symptoms.