India Coronavirus Dispatch: NIMHANS sees 40% spike in distress calls

Some Covid beds in select military hospitals could be made available to civilians, farmer unions in Punjab to pare numbers, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 357,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 357,229 fresh coronavirus infections on Tuesday, taking the cumulative caseload to 20.2 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 3,449 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 222,408. The active caseload is at 3.4 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 16.6 million. As many as 159.9 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 1.7 million were given on Monday. Read more here

NIMHANS helpline sees 40% jump in calls amid second wave

Distress calls at