Updated On: 03 April, 2021 07:42 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Scientists say the model’s prediction of the new peak is sensitive to the data of daily new COVID-19 infections

With no help from the authorities, senior citizens from Uttarkashi’s Sar Badiyar region have to walk 8 km to get the COVID vaccine. They cross risky raw trails, in the absence of roads or bridges. Pics/ANI
The single-day rise in cases is the highest recorded since October 2, 2020 when India recorded 81,484 new infections. The death toll increased to 1,63,396 with 469 daily new fatalities, the highest since December 6 (at 482), the data updated at 8 am showed.