India Coronavirus Dispatch: Urban hotspots are driving the second wave

Several states are wrestling with vaccine shortages, migrants in Maharashtra fear impact of another lockdown, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 126,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 126,789 fresh coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the cumulative caseload to 12.9 million, according to a report in the Scroll. This is the biggest daily rise the country has reported so far. The country saw 685 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 166,862, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 910,319. As many as 90 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 2.9 million were given on Wednesday. Read more here