Over 43,000 fresh cases reported
India reported 43,393 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 30.7 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 911 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 405,939. The active caseload is at 458,727, while the total recoveries have surged to 29.8 million. As many as 368.9 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 4 million were given on Thursday. Read more
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