India Coronavirus Dispatch: Lax Covid measures at Kumbh Mela

Govt's mistakes in handling pandemic, how Sputnik V vaccine works, UK strain more infectious but not deadlier-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 160,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 161,736 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 13.6 million, according to a report in the Scroll. The country saw 879 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 171,058, according to central health ministry data. The active caseload is at 1.26 million infections. As many as 108.5 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 4 million were given on Monday. Read more here

Kumbh: No thermal screening, few masks, 102 test positive

The Uttarakhand government is struggling