PM Modi announces free Covid vaccine for all-Indians

PM Modi’s address to the nation today comes at a time when India has been reporting a significant dip in Covid cases and deaths.

As of this morning, the country reported 1,00,636 fresh Covid-19 cases and 2,427 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the health ministry. This is significant, because this is the lowest single-day rise in Covid-19 cases in over two months. The daily positivity rate is at 6.34 per cent and has been less than 10 per cent for 14 consecutive days.

And thanks to this, states are slowly moving towards (old) normal life. Relaxations in lockdown curbs start from today in states including Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra after the devastating second Covid wave that forced restrictions.