Covid LIVE: Tamil Nadu sees record 36,184 new cases; 29,644 in Maharashtra

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 259,551 new coronavirus cases on Thursday to take the total count 26,031,991. The new infection count remained below the 300,000-mark for the fifth consecutive day. The country reported 4,209 new deaths in the last 24 hours to take total fatalities to 291,331.

The country vaccinated 1,482,754 people in Thursday to take the total to 191,879,503, according to the health ministry’s morning update.

World coronavirus update: Coronavirus cases rise unabated across the globe with 165,832,620 infected by the deadly contagion. While 146,519,725 have recovered, 3,444,266 have died so far. The US remains the worst-hit country with 33,832,744, followed by India, Brazil, France and Turkey. However, in the past seven days, India has added the highest number of fresh cases at 2,068,573, followed by the Brazil (453,505) and US (210,466).