India Coronavirus Dispatch: Tamil Nadu tops states in wastage of vaccines

Buildings sealed in Mumbai double since March, how to predict success of a vaccine without a big trial, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Over 386,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 386,452 fresh coronavirus infections on Friday, taking the cumulative caseload to 18.7 million, according to central health ministry data. This is the biggest single-day spike in fresh cases so far. The country saw 3,498 deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 208,330. The active caseload is at 3.1 million, while the total recoveries have surged to 15.3 million. As many as 152 million shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 2.2 million were given on Thursday. Read more here

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