India Coronavirus Dispatch: Fresh daily cases lowest in 91 days

Nearly half of Delhi's over 45s are partially vaccinated against Covid, a man given two doses of vaccine in a span of 30 minutes, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Over 42,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 42,640 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to just under 30 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 1,167 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 389,302. The active caseload is at 662,521, while the total recoveries have surged to 28.9 million. As many as 288.7 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 8.6 million were given on Monday. Read more

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