India Coronavirus Dispatch: Three reasons for the recent surge in cases

Little done to identify people with comorbidities, mutations explained, how vaccine certificates will be issued-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

IN NUMBERS: Over 15,500 fresh cases reported

India reported 15,510 fresh coronavirus infections on Monday, taking the overall caseload to 11,112,241, according to a report in the Scroll. New infections were 7.4 per cent lower than Sunday’s count. The country saw 106 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the toll to 157,157, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 168,627, while total recoveries have surged to 10,786,457. As many as 14.3 million healthcare and frontline workers have been inoculated since the nationwide vaccination programme took off on January 16. Read more here

Three reasons for