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India Coronavirus Dispatch: Govt assessing stock of antiviral remdesivir

Demand for plasma rises in Delhi amid case spike, why Centre needs to shore up vaccine supply, nearly 97,000 cases reported on Tuesday-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

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Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
Nearly 97,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 96,982 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,26,86,049, according to a report in the Scroll. The country saw 446 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 1,65,547, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 7,88,223, while the total recoveries have surged to 1,17,32,279. As many as 83.1 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 43,00,966 were given on Monday. Read more here

Centre assessing stock of remdesivir amid Covid surge

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