India Coronavirus Dispatch: Daily infections spike by 26% to 43,733

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Over 43,500 fresh cases reported

India reported 43,733 fresh coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 30.6 million, according to central health ministry data. The daily cases were 26% higher than Tuesday's count. The country saw 930 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 404,211. The active caseload is at 459,920, while the total recoveries have surged to 29.7 million. As many as 361 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 3.6 million were given on Tuesday. Read more

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