The COVID-19 death toll has increased to 5,30,848 with seven latest fatalities -- three reported by Maharashtra, one by Karnataka and three reconciled by Kerala
The nasal vaccine, BBV154, had been given the go-ahead by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in November for limited usage as a heterologous booster dosage for people above the age of 18 in an emergency case
Earlier this month, the Tamil Nadu government had announced complete lockdown on Sundays starting January 9, in view of the rising coronavirus cases in the state
Among all the states, Maharashtra reported the highest Covid-19 cases at 43,211 cases, followed by Karnataka with 28,723 cases, Delhi with 24,383 cases, Tamil Nadu with 23,459 cases and West Bengal with 22,645 cases