India Coronavirus Dispatch: Active cases below 200,000 for over two weeks

Updated efficacy data on Oxford vaccine, lockdown effect on unplanned pregnancies, doctors who died on Covid duty, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

IN NUMBERS: Active cases below 200,000 for over two weeks

Some 12,899 fresh coronavirus cases were recorded in India on Thursday, taking the cumulative caseload to 10,790,183. Fatalities rose by 107, taking the total death toll to 154,703, a report in the Scroll said. Total recoveries stood at 10,480,455. The active caseload stayed below the 200,000-mark for the 16th day in a row at 155,025. India has vaccinated over 4,400,000 health workers against Covid-19. A total of 199,216,019 samples have been tested for coronavirus up to Wednesday. Read more here

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