 "A health worker at a railway station in Bengaluru tests a passenger for Covid-19 on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. (PTI Photo/ Shailendra Bhojak)")
Over 25,000 fresh cases reported
India reported 25,166 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 32.2 million, according to central health ministry data. The daily caseload is the lowest in five months. The country saw 437 more deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 432,079. The active caseload is at 369,846, while the total recoveries have surged to 31.4 million. As many as 554 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 8.8 million were given on Monday. Read more
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