India Coronavirus Dispatch: Daily death toll spikes after Bihar recount

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Over 94,000 fresh cases reported; over 6,000 deaths

India reported 94,052 fresh coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the cumulative caseload to about 29.2 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 6,148 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 359,676. The record jump in daily deaths was because Bihar revised its data to add backlog fatalities. The active caseload is at about 1.2 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 27.7 million. As many as 242.7 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.3