India Coronavirus Dispatch: Daily cases under 100,000 after over two months

Study finds Covid variant found in Brazil more severe than the original variant, Delta variant dominant in Bengaluru, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Over 86,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 86,498 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 28.9 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 2,123 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 351,309. The active caseload is at 1.3 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 27.3 million. As many as 236.2 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.3 million were given on Monday. Read more

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