India Coronavirus Dispatch: Bihar detected only 1 in 134 Covid cases - data

Stories from around the country on the fight against the pandemic

Over 44,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 44,230 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 31.5 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 555 more deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 423,217. The active caseload is at 405,155, while the total recoveries have surged to 30.7 million. As many as 456 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 5.1 million were given on Thursday. Read more

Bihar detected only 1 in 134 Covid cases: govt data

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