India’s Covid count set to cross 1.5 lakh, fresh cases dip to 5.5k

India’s count of Covid-19 cases was set to cross the 1.5 lakh mark, even as the number of fresh infections reported on Tuesday dropped slightly to its lowest number in the past six days at 5,502 while the deaths related to the virus rose by 172, the second highest single-day toll so far. By late Tuesday night, India had recorded 1,47,758 coronavirus cases.