India Coronavirus Dispatch: Daily fatalities inch close to 4,000

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Over 414,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 414,188 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21.4 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 3,915 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 234,083. The active caseload is at 3.6 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 17.6 million. As many as 165 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 2.3 million were given on Thursday. Read more here

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