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India Coronavirus Dispatch: What do obituaries in Delhi's dailies tell us?

Bengal's Covid infection rate well above national figure, Sputnik version to fight Delta strain to be launched 'soon', and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Coronavirus, vaccine, vaccination, covid-19
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Bharath Manjesh New Delhi
Over 62,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 62,480 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 29.7 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 1,587 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 383,490. The active caseload is at 798,656, while the total recoveries have surged to 28.5 million. As many as 268.9 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.25 million were given on Thursday. Read more

Delhi's affluent were also hit hard by Covid, going by obituaries