A day after India achieved the feat of 100 crore vaccination doses, experts warned against complacency and said that though COVID-19 cases are significantly declining, it doesn't necessarily mean the pandemic is now endemic. "This tells me that the vaccine coverage in India still needs to increase," he added as quoted by the news agency. India reported 16,326 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall case tally to 3,41,59,562, according to the Union Health Ministry's data. Meanwhile, a week after the Durga Puja celebrations, COVID-19 cases are on the rise in Kolkata as the city reported 242 new infections on Friday. And this surge is not just limited to Kolkata but the rest of Bengal is also witnessing a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases.

Source: dna October 23, 2021 17:46 UTC