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Latest News Highlights: India Reports Biggest Daily Jump In COVID-19 Infections This Year Latest News Highlights: India Reports Biggest Daily Jump In COVID-19 Infections This Year India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases, behind the United States and Brazil. More than 2.82 crore vaccine doses have been administered in India till now. (File) New Delhi: India reported the year's biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 25,320 new infections. India's COVID-19 deaths rose by 161 to 158,607 over the last 24 hours, Sunday's data show, compared to an average of about 100 since early February. India is the third-most affected country globally with 11.36 million cases, behind the United States and Brazil.
Live Updates: 110 lakh doses of Covishield are being procured at Rs 200 per dose. (File) New Delhi: PM Modi will likely virtually interact with health workers at some locations on the day of the launch of the vaccine drive, sources said, adding select hospitals in states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi have been asked to make preparations. Health and frontline workers at Delhi's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital - one of the country's biggest Covid hospitals - will get vaccinated first. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and minister Satyendar Jain will attend the inaugural event. The country's drug regulator has approved Covishield, the Oxford vaccine being manufactured by Serum Institute of India, and Bharat Biotech's homegrown Covaxin for restricted emergency use.