markets slipped 0.7% on Thursday after the country's daily covid infection cases crossed 2 lakh for the first time in the last 24 hours.At 10.45 am, the benchmark Sensex fell 0.72% or 349 points to 48,194 points while Nifty dropped 0.7% to 14,411.90 points.Also Read | Restaurants are now down to the waterlineIndia added more than 2 lakh covid infection cases on Wednesday, its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out, taking the total number of cases to 14.07 million.
The death count rose by 1,038 to 173,123.On Monday, the Centre had granted emergency use approval to Russia's highly effective Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, making it the third such shop approval.The surge in covid cases has pushed many states to put partial.