India Coronavirus Dispatch: Nationwide virus reproduction value rises again

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IN NUMBERS: Over 18,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 18,711 fresh coronavirus infections on Sunday, taking the cumulative caseload to 11,210,799, according to a report in the Scroll. The country saw 100 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 157,756, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 184,523, while the total recoveries have surged to 10,868,520. As many as 20,922,344 people have been inoculated since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1,424,693 received their shots on Saturday. Read more here

Covid-19 reproduction value rises further to 1.06

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