India Coronavirus Dispatch: Fatalities mount to a record 3,980

Centre drafts plan to counter bad press, jabs for 18-44 group yet to pick up pace, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 410,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 412,262 fresh coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the cumulative caseload to 21 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 3,980 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 230,168. This is the biggest daily jump in fatalities so far. The active caseload is at 3.5 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 17.2 million. As many as 162 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.9 million were given on Wednesday. Read more here

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