The sudden jump in the toll was because the state of Madhya Pradesh added 1,478 backlog deaths from the second wave of the pandemic till June 30 to its existing record, reported The Indian Express. This took the Covid-19 toll fatality count in the state to 10,506 from 9,027 deaths reported till Sunday. India’s active cases tally declined to 4,32,778, while the number of recoveries rose to 3,00,63,720. On Monday, the Indian Medical Association cautioned the central and state governments that the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic was inevitable and imminent. Meanwhile, India’s immunisation drive against the coronavirus was hurt as several states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha complained about shortages of vaccine doses.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 13, 2021 05:15 UTC