Coronavirus India Live Updates: Over 92,000 new cases; 1,136 deaths reported in last 24 hours

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Harsh Vardhan has said India was considering granting an emergency authorisation for a coronavirus vaccine, particularly for the elderly and people in high-risk workplaces, as the country’s number of reported infections passed the 47-lakh mark. India, which has consistently reported over 1,000 Covid-19 deaths daily this month, has now recorded 78,586 fatalities from the disease. It lags only the United States globally in overall number of infections, but it has been adding more daily cases than the United States since mid-August.