Covid infections scaled another peak with 131,968 infections on Friday, another single-day highest. 780 deaths were also reported in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile shortage of vaccines are being felt in several states. Several vaccination centres in Mumbai will remain closed today due to unavailability of vaccines. Restrictions in movement and night curfews are being enforced in Delhi, Maharashtra and some places of Tamil Nadu and MP. Stay with TOI for all the latest.Read Less
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat tests Covid-19 positive, hospitalised
Night curfew imposed in 9 cities-Ajmer, Alwar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota and Abu Road starting from 8pm to 6 am, till April 30. In Udaipur, the night curfew will start from 6 pm to 6 am: Rajasthan Govt
Western Railway to operate 3 additional weekly special trains between Bandra Terminus - Barauni Junction & Subedarganj, Surat - Hatia & Udhna – Chhapra stations: Western Railway
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) permits citizens who are eligible to get vaccinated, to travel only to the centre and back during lockdown, on health/medical grounds: BMC
UP reports 9,695 new Covid-19 cases, 37 more deaths in a day; CM convenes all-party meet
The second wave of Covid-19 has started, this is why lockdowns and night curfews have been imposed in many states of the country, but if we follow the Covid rules properly we can avoid situations like lockdowns in the state: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik
Tracking the spread of coronavirus and vaccines administered
Vaccination in the private centres will resume when more stocks arrive
There will be no vaccination at Mumbai's private vaccination centres on April 10, 11 and 12.
Chhattisgarh: Raipur district under lockdown from 6 pm today till 6 am on 19th April, in view of rising Covid-19 cases
A total of 9,78,71,045 vaccine doses administered in the country till now including 32,16,949 vaccine doses given today: Government of India
86 of 120 vaccination centres couldn't administer the Covid vaccine on Friday, BMC said. A total of 33551 people could take the vaccine, down from the city's weekly average of 50,000 vaccinations in a day
Uttarakhand Cabinet in its meeting today has decided to impose night curfew in Dehradun municipal limits between 10pm and 5am, says State govt's spokesperson
Delhi records 8,521 fresh Covid-19 cases, highest single-day spike since Nov 11 last year; 39 new fatalities: Health dept
5,441 cases and 23 deaths were added to TN covid registry on Thursday. Case tally touched 9,20,827 and toll reached 12863. After discharging 1890 people, there were 33,659 active cases.
Delhi reports 8,521 new Covid-19 cases, 5,032 recoveries and 39 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Chandigarh: Physical OPDs to be suspended at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) from 12th April onwards, due to surge in Covid-19 cases
The new positive cases in Gujarat include 1,316 from Ahmedabdad, 1104 from Surat, 410 from Rajkot and 397 from Vadodara districts
Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Friday added 4,541 new positive cases, taking the total to 3.37 lakh. The state also recorded deaths of 42 positive patients, taking the death toll to 4,697
UttarPradesh govt has ordered for 50% attendance in government and private offices of 4 districts in state.
The order has been issued for Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Varanasi.