India Coronavirus Dispatch: 76 countries express interest in CoWin

Two new vaccine testing labs set up, Delhi sees a sharp dip in Covid funerals in June, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Nearly 40,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 39,796 fresh coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the cumulative caseload to 30.5 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 723 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 402,728. The active caseload is at 482,071, while the total recoveries have surged to 29.7 million. As many as 352.8 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.4 million were given on Sunday. Read more

76 countries want to use India’s CoWin

The central government is planning to share