India recorded a single-day rise of 1,65,553 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 46 days, and 3,460 deaths, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday morning.  The ministry said the Centre will in June supply to states and Union territories 6.09 crore doses vaccines “for priority group of health care workers, frontline workers and people aged 45 years and above as free supply.” “In addition, over 5.86 crore doses will be available for direct procurement by the state/UTs and Private Hospitals. 

Kin throws body in river

Two men, one of them wearing a PPE kit, were caught on tape rolling down a Covid-19 patient’s body from over a bridge into a river in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district. The video was shot by a passerby. After the visuals surfaced, police registered a case. Earlier in the month, several bodies were seen floating in the Ganga and Yamuna rivers in the state, triggering apprehensions that these were of Covid-19 patients.