India’s daily COVID-19 cases surpass 100,000 mark for first time

INDIA VIRUS

A health worker inoculates a man with the dose of Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive organized by a charitable trust in Ahmedabad on April 4, 2021. Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP

NEW DELHI — India’s daily COVID-19 cases soared by 103,558 on Monday, the biggest such daily increase, data from the health ministry showed, taking the total to 12.59 million.

The country added 478 new deaths, raising the total to 165,101.

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