Vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters as India's Covid-19 cases multiply

-fold rise in daily infections since the start of the year.

There were 146 deaths reported on Monday, bringing the toll to 483,936 since the pandemic first struck India in early 2020.In recent days, hundreds of healthcare and frontline workers, including police, have contracted the virus, and there were media reports thatFacing this rising third wave of infections, the government sent booster reminders to more than 10 million people who took their second dose of the Covaxin or Covishield shot nine months ago.

Despite the rise in infections, five states including the most populous Uttar Pradesh will hold elections starting Feb 10, though authorities have barred political party rallies until at least the middle of this month. India's overall Covid-19 testing has remained around 1.5 million a day, well below the capacity of more than 2 million.

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