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Coronavirus News Live Updates: Today is the 386th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. India reported a record single-day rise of 1,84,372 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of cases to 1,38,73,825, while the active cases surpassed the 13-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll increased to 1,72,085 with 1,027 daily new fatalities, the highest since October 18, 2020, the data updated at 8 am showed. Registering a steady increase for the 35th day in a row, the active cases increased to 13,65,704, comprising 9.84 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 88.92 per cent. The active caseload was at its lowest at 1, 35,926 on February 12 and it was at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,23,36,036, while the case fatality rate has further dropped to 1.24 per cent, the data stated. India's regulator has granted restricted emergency use approval for two vaccines -- Covishield and Covaxin. All persons above the age of 45 are eligible to get vaccinated. Globally, more than 13.14 crore people have been infected by the novel coronavirus and 29.93 lakh have died so far.
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more than 31.39 lakh vaccine doses given till 8 pm on fourth day of Tika Utsav taking the vaccine coverage to more than 11.43 crore doses, says Central Government.
17282 cases and 104 deaths have been reported inDelhi in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of positive cases to 76,7438 cases as of today, state government records show.
Goa on Wednesday recorded 473 fresh cases of COVID-19 and four more casualties due to the infection,an official from the health department said. With this, the tally of infections in the statereached 63,815, while the toll mounted to 857, he said.
Europe's medicines regulator said Wednesday it will make a recommendation on the safety of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus jab next week after US health authorities recommended pausing vaccinations over blood clot fears.The "EMA is expediting this evaluation and currently expects to issue a recommendation next week," it said in a statement, after announcing last week a probe had been launched. (AFP)
Mumbai reports 9,925 fresh COVID19 cases, 54 deaths and 9,273 recoveries; case tally at 5,44,942 including 87,443 active cases.
Nagpur District reported 5,993 new COVID-19cases, 3,993 recoveries and 57 Death, in the last 24 hours, as per Civil Surgeon, Nagpur.
Total cases: 2,97,036
Total recoveries: 2,28,071
Active cases: 63,005
Death toll: 5,960
Devotees will be allowed to worship at Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, Madurai from 6.00 am to 12.30 pm and 4.00 pm to 9.00 from 15th April to 30th April. Devotees not allowed to bring coconuts & other offerings into the temple.
Flight passengers coming to West Bengalfrom Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & Telangana should carry negative RT-PCR reports.
Shops selling essential items and public transport will remain operational. There is no provision of movement passes this time. We have given instruction to all our units that if anyone has an emergency they should be allowed movement.
