Breaking News LIVE: Amit Shah Cancels Assam Rally, Will Hold Meeting On Chhattisgarh Naxal Attack In Delhi
Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Sunday, April 4, 2021: India saw the biggest daily surge in Covid cases since mid-September with 93,249 fresh infections reported since yesterday, taking the tally to over 1.24 crore cases. Frontline medical and healthcare workers can no longer register for COVID-19 vaccination as Centre wants to ensure vaccine coverage expands quickly. ED has arrested the Inspector in Charge Ashok Mishra of Bankura Directorate in connection with Coal Smuggling Scam.Today is the last day of the poll campaign in three states -Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala- and Puducherry, a union territory. Actor Akshay Kumar is the latest Bollywood star to have contracted COVID-19
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his Assam rally and is returning to Delhi to take stock of the Chhattisgarh Naxal attack situation. Amit Shah said, "A search operation is underway. Both sides have suffered losses. Our jawans have lost their lives. I pay tributes to them. I want to assure their families that their sacrifice will not go in vain"
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh pays tributes to the security personnel who have lost their lives in Naxal attack at Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh "They fought with utmost courage, their sacrifice will never be forgotten. My deepest condolences to their families," he says
Uttarakhand: 4 persons & 7 animals died in fire that broke out in 62 hectares of forest area in last 24 hours "12,000 guards & fire watchers of state forest dept deployed to douse fire. Fire destroyed property worth Rs 37 lakhs so far," says Principal Chief Conservator (fire).
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has called an emergency meeting over the incident.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a high level meeting with the Cabinet members and authorities of different states regarding the current Covid situation in the country as India saw the biggest daily surge in Covid cases since mid-September with 93,249 fresh infections reported since yesterday, taking the tally to over 1.24 crore cases.
In the wake of an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases, the Mumbai civic body on Sunday said it has decided to make more beds operational in medical facilities treating patients of the viral infection in the city. On Saturday, the city reported 9,108 new cases of coronavirus, the highest spike in a single day. "We have operationalised an additional 3,000 beds in dedicated COVID-19 health care centres and dedicated COVID-19 hospitals under the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) in last seven days," civic commissioner IS Chahal said in a statement.
India on Sunday recorded 93,249 new coronavirus infections, the highest single-day rise so far this year, which took the total COVID-19 cases to1,24,85,509, according to Union health ministry data. This is the biggest daily rise in cases since September 19, when 93,337 fresh infections were recorded. The death toll climbed to 1,64,623 on Sunday with 513 new fatalities, the ministry data updated at 8 am showed.
Background
Welcome to the ABP News LIVE for Sunday, April 4, 2021: India saw the biggest daily surge in Covid cases since mid-September with 93,249 fresh infections reported since yesterday, taking the tally to over 1.24 crore cases. Today's surge is the highest since September 19 when 93,337 cases were recorded.
Frontline medical and healthcare workers can no longer register for COVID-19 vaccination, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. It said the move is to ensure vaccine coverage expands quickly to include more categories of people, such as those above 45, as frontline medical and healthcare workers have already got first priority and enough time to get vaccinated.
Enforcement Directorate has arrested the Inspector in Charge Ashok Mishra of Bankura Directorate in connection with Coal Smuggling Scam. According to sources, Ashok Mishra is a close associate to Vinay Mishra, a young TMC leader accused of smuggling coal and cattle.
Today is the last day of the poll campaign in three states -Assam, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala- and Puducherry, a union territory. As Assam and Bengal vote for the third phase on Tuesday, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry will vote in a single phase.
Actor Akshay Kumar is the latest Bollywood star to have contracted COVID-19. On Sunday, Akshay Kumar tweeted that he tested positive for the coronavirus this morning.
Devdutt Padikkal is the latest IPL player to have contracted the novel coronavirus. The RCB player tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. The RCB opener has been isolated from the rest of the squad and is in quarantine.
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