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Top coronavirus updates: Can vaccinate all adults by the end of 2021, says Harsh Vardhan


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A health worker gives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a woman at a drive-in vaccination centre in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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Here are the top updates on Wednesday:
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed India will be in a position to vaccinate at least all of its adult population by the end of 2021. Vardhan made the comment in a meeting with health ministers, principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries of West Bengal and eight northeastern states.
India registered 2,67,334 new coronavirus cases, taking the total count of infections to 2,54,96,330 since the pandemic broke out in January 2020. The country reported 4,529 deaths, its highest single-day toll. This pushed the overall fatality count to 2,83,248. The World Health Organization said that

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