India Coronavirus Dispatch: Daily cases touch nearly 300,000

Bureaucrats earn Modi flak over handling of the second wave, top Delhi hospitals get oxygen supply, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 295,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 2,95,041 fresh coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the cumulative tally to 15.6 million infections, according to central health ministry data. This is a fresh record for a single-day rise in cases. The country saw 2,023 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 182,553. The active caseload is at 2.1 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 13.2 million. As many as 130 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 2.9 million were given on Tuesday. Read more