India has reported 173,790 new coronavirus infections during the previous 24 hours, its lowest daily rise in 45 days, while deaths rose by 3,617.

The country's tally of infections now stands at 27.7 million, with the death toll at 322,512, health ministry data showed.

In this file photo, a doctor checks the medicines of a patient suffering from Covid-19 inside a classroom turned coronavirus care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India.— Reuters
In this file photo, a doctor checks the medicines of a patient suffering from Covid-19 inside a classroom turned coronavirus care facility on the outskirts of Mumbai, India.— Reuters

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