India Covid Dispatch: Country's vaccination coverage crosses 500-mn mark

Stories from around the country on the fight against the pandemic

Over 38,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 38,268 fresh coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the cumulative caseload to about 31.9 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 617 more deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 427,371. The active caseload is at 412,153, while the total recoveries have surged to 31 million. As many as 501 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 4.9 million were given on Friday. Read more.

Over 500 million Covid vaccine doses administered

India's Covid