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Coronavirus India Update: Active Cases Rise Again After A Brief Respite

Coronavirus India Update: Active Cases Rise Again After A Brief Respite
Senior citizens wait to receive the Covishield vaccine at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi. (Photographer: T.Narayan/Bloomberg)
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Follow the developments around the Covid-19 outbreak here.

Key Figures:

  • Total number of confirmed coronavirus cases: 1,11,39,516
  • Active cases: 1,70,126
  • Cured/discharged/migrated: 1,08,12,044
  • Deaths: 1,57,346
  • Fresh cases in the last 24 hours: 14,989
  • One-day recoveries: 13,123
  • One-day deaths: 98

India has administered 1,56,20,749 vaccine shots, with nearly 7.7 lakh of them given to the elderly in the last 24 hours.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the second phase of inoculations on Monday — where senior citizens and those above the age of 45 with comorbidities will be able to get vaccinated — by taking the first dose of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.

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