 "A health worker takes swab sample of a passenger to test for Covid-19 test at the Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)")
Nearly 33,000 fresh cases reported
India reported 32,937 fresh coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the cumulative caseload to 32.2 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 417 more deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 431,642. The active caseload is at 381,947, while the total recoveries have surged to 31.4 million. As many as 545 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.7 million were given on Sunday. Read more
Mumbai now has zero containment zones
Mumbai now has zero containment
