 "Devotees offer prayer and take holy dip on the occasion of 'Maha Shivaratri' festival during the ongoing Kumbh Mela, in Prayagraj")
Over 160,000 fresh cases reported
India reported 161,736 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 13.6 million, according to a report in the Scroll. The country saw 879 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 171,058, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 1.26 million infections. As many as 108.5 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 4 million were given on Monday. Read more here
Kumbh: No thermal screening, few masks, 102 test positive
The Uttarakhand government is struggling
