India Covid Dispatch: Poor enforcement of isolation norms in Kerala - HC

Cyber groups misuse FB to spread vaccine lies, Bengaluru sees spike in cases among children, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Over 41,000 fresh cases reported

India reported 41,195 fresh coronavirus infections on Thursday, taking the cumulative caseload to 32 million, according to central health ministry data. The country saw 490 more deaths due to the pandemic, taking the death toll to 429,669. The active caseload is at 387,987, while the total recoveries have surged to 31.2 million. As many as 523 million vaccine shots have been administered since the nationwide inoculation programme kicked off on January 16. Of these, 4.4 million were given on Wednesday. Read more

Kerala’s test positivity rate rising as isolation protocol not being