India Coronavirus Dispatch: 70% Maharashtra prisoners got at least one jab

Vaccination at govt centres in Gurgaon suspended today, top health expert warns new Covid strains can emerge-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Over 41,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 41,506 fresh coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the cumulative caseload to 30.8 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 895 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 408,040. The active caseload is at 454,118, while the total recoveries have surged to nearly 30 million. As many as 376 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.7 million were given on Saturday. Read more

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Russian virologist Sergey Netesov