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India begins administering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for high-risk individuals, such as healthcare workers and people over the age of 60 with comorbidities.
2022-01-10

Germany declares the United Kingdom a "virus variant area" due to the spread of the Indian Lineage B.1.617 variant. It means that anyone from the UK will be required quarantine for two weeks on arrival, even if they have tested negative.
2021-05-21

Mexico reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first discovered in India in the state of San Luis Potosí.
2021-05-2

Switzerland reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
2021-04-24

Alberta reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that fuelled surge in India in a returning inter-provincial traveler.
2021-04-22

India reports a record 200,739 new cases and 1,038 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to over 14 million and confirmed deaths to 173,123. India is also the second country to surpass 14 million cases, after the United States.
2021-04-15

Brazil surpasses six million total confirmed cases of COVID-19, becoming the third country to do so after India and the United States.
2020-11-20

The number of deaths from COVID-19 in India surpasses 50,000.
2020-08-16

India reports the highest single-day record of more than 62,000 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total to 2,025,409. This total makes India the third country to pass two million cases, after the United States and Brazil.
2020-08-7

India reports its highest toll of cases to date, recording 14,516 cases, reaching a total of 395,047 and 12,948 deaths. The government in the capital New Delhi orders hospitals to cancel any leave and have workers return to duty immediately.
2020-06-20