The national coronavirus recovery rate touched 90% on Sunday.
Devendra Fadnavis also urged all those who have recently come in contact with him to get tested for coronavirus, which has affected over 78 lakh people in India.
The approval for late-stage clinical trial puts the Hyderabad-based firm behind the Serum Institute of India (SII), which is in the process of recruiting and vaccinating participants for the third phase of the clinical trial of its candidate, Covishield.
The number of patients who have recovered from the Covid-19 infection crossed the 7-million mark, with India recording 1 million recoveries in the past 13 days.
Till now, 74,000 tests per million population have been conducted. India has conducted the last 5 crore sample testing in only 45 days, Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR said.
With 54,366 new Covid-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 77,61,312. With 690 new deaths, toll mounts to 1,17,306. Total active cases are 6,95,509 after a decrease of 20,303 in the last 24 hours.
The Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare services in Karnataka has allowed the pooling of COVID-19 samples in districts with less than 5% test positivity rate in the state. Meanwhile, in Bengaluru Urban the BBMP zones will be taken into consideration.
Speaking in Pudukkottai district, the Chief Minister said: "Everybody in Tamil Nadu will be given the vaccine for free. As soon as the vaccine is found, the Tamil Nadu government will give it to everyone for free."
Bihar deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi Thursday afternoon tweeted saying he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
With 55,838 new Covid-19 infections, India's total cases surge to 77,06,946. With 702 new deaths, the toll mounted to 1,16,616. Total active cases are 7,15,812 after a decrease of 24,278 in the last 24 hrs.
