Daily Covid cases at 10-day low, deaths remain high

Daily cases of Covid-19 in India continued to stay below the numbers reported last week, with Thursday’s count falling to 2.5 lakh, the lowest in 10 days, as testing dropped due to the Republic Day holiday. ​​​However, deaths remained high with the country recording 478 fatalities on Thursday and several states reporting their highest single-day tolls in the third wave.