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On Tuesday, India has reported 35,178 fresh Covid-19 cases and 440 deaths, as per the data released by Union Health Ministry. With this, the total number of infections in the country rose to 3,22,85,857, while fatalities reached 4,32,519. 

There are 3.67 lakh active cases in the country at present and 3,14,85,923 people have recovered from the disease. Kerala reported 21,613 new cases and 127 deaths whereas Maharashtra reported 130 deaths. The health ministry said, "as many as 56.06 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far."

According to officials, "around 35 lakh passengers travelled on the Mumbai suburban trains on Tuesday – the first full working day after people vaccinated with both doses against Covid-19 were allowed to board local trains and an extended long weekend." 

Vaccinations

On Tuesday, the Union Health Ministry said, "56,06,52,030 doses of anti-Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the country so far." According to the ministry's evening report, 50 lakh (55,05,075) vaccines were administered in the country. The ministry said that five states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have given more than one crore doses to people in the age group of 18 to 44 years. Additionally, more than 10 lakh beneficiaries in the age group of 18 to 44 years have been vaccinated in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.