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Coronavirus India News Highlights: The single day rise in new coronavirus infections inched closer to 3 lakh pushing India's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,56,16,130, while the death toll increased to 1,82,553 with a record 2,023 daily fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. A total of 2,95,041 fresh infections were registered in a span of 24 hours, while the active cases crossed the 21-lakh mark, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 42nd in a row, the active cases have increased to 21,57,538, comprising 13.82 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 85.01 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,32,76,039, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.17 per cent, the data stated. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for three vaccines — Covishield, Covaxin and Sputnik V. All persons above the age of 45 are eligible to get vaccinated. Globally, more than 14.04 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 30.08 lakh have died so far, as per the John Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre.
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Indian Armed Forces, in collaboration with DRDO, set up 250 bedded dedicated COVID ICU facility at Delhi Cantt
Indian Armed Forces, in collaboration with DRDO, has set up 250 bedded dedicated COVID ICU facility at Delhi Cantt. All severely ill patients requiring ICU support shall be referred here by designated nodal officers, as per treatment guidelines issued by MoHFW: DRDO Officials
Delhi reports 26,169 new cases, 306 deaths and 19,609 recoveries in past 24 hours
Delhi reports 26,169 new COVID19 cases, 306 deaths and 19,609 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Total cases: 9,56,348
Total recoveries: 8,51,537
Death toll: 13,193
Active cases: 91,618
Pune reports 9,841 fresh, 115 fatalities and 9,186 recoveries in the past 24 hours
Maharashtra: Pune district reports 9,841 fresh COVID19 cases, 115 fatalities and 9,186 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Active cases: 1,01,916
Total cases: 7,63,194
Total recoveries: 6,49,565
Death toll: 11,882
Punjab reports 5,456 fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,657 discharges, and 76 deaths
Total cases: 3,19,719
Total cured cases: 2,70,946
Active cases: 40,584
Death toll: 8,189
Indian Army to add 400 beds over next one week to its exclusive COVID19 facility at Base Hospital in Delhi Cantt. It has created an additional 250 bedded COVID Care facility in Cantt for serving personnel: Col Aman Anand, PRO, Army
DDMA issues new directives regarding supply, allocation of oxygen supply
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued new directives regarding supply & allocation of oxygen supply across Delhi
Allocation & O2 supply to all health establishments will be strictly regulated as per allocation orders issued by Govt from time to time.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued new directives regarding supply & allocation of oxygen supply across Delhi
— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2021
Allocation & O2 supply to all health establishments will be strictly regulated as per allocation orders issued by Govt from time to time#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/xBbCU48JUO
Mumbai reports 7,410 fresh cases, 8,090 recoveries in past 24 hours
Mumbai reports 7,410 fresh COVID cases, 8,090 recoveries, and 75 deaths in the last 24 hours
Active cases: 83,953
Total recoveries: 5,11,143
Death toll: 12,576
Around 1,500 personnel of Delhi Police force have tested positive so far amid the prevailing second wave of COVID-19.
Total cases: 4,53,836
Active cases: 92,084
Total recoveries: 3,55,875
Death toll: 5,877
Vaccination: 1,08,59,073
Amid rising COVID19 cases, Kathmandu's Pashupatinath Temple to remain closed from tomorrow until further notice, as per the temple's statement
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting feasibility study of COVID-19vaccine delivery using drones in collaboration with IIT Kanpur
Kerala reported 26,995 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, in the highest single day surge so far, taking the infection count to 13,22,054 and those under treatment to over 1.5 lakh.As many as 6,370 have been cured of the infection, taking the total recoveries to 11,60,472. The toll has climbed to 5,028 with 28 additional deaths,Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.Ernakulam recorded the highest number of cases, accounting for 4,396 cases, followed by Kozhikode 3,372.Thrissur, Malappuram, Kottayam and Thiruvananthapuram reported over 2000 cases today,Vijayan told reporters here. As part of the second mass testing, 1,40,671 samples were collected on Wednesday.
