Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: After Maharashtra, Rajasthan To Impose Statewide Night Curfew From Apr 16; Check Timings

Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced a statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 pm on April 14 across the state to curb the spread of coronavirus disease. The strict restrictions came as state reported 60,212 fresh COVID19 case on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear that the government would not go for lockdowns in a big way and only resort to local containment.

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced a statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 pm on April 14 across the state to curb the spread of coronavirus disease. The strict restrictions came as state reported 60,212 fresh COVID19 case on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made it clear that the government would not go for lockdowns in a big way and only resort to local containment.

14/04/2021 20:42:39

Night Curfew In Rajasthan From April 16

In view of increasing Coronavirus cases, Rajasthan government has announced night curfew in all cities between 6 pm to 6 am from April 16 to 30.

14/04/2021 19:24:42

Mumbai Reports 9,925 New Covid-19 Cases, 54 Deaths In Last 24 Hrs

Mumbai reported as many as 9,925 fresh cases of Coronavirus, 54 deaths and 9,273 recoveries in the last 24 hours. With this, city's overall caseload surged to 5,44,942, including 87,443 active cases

14/04/2021 18:43:10

Karnataka Reports 11,265 Fresh Covid-19 Cases

Karnataka reported 11,265 new Covid-19 positive cases on Wednesday including 8,155 cases in Bengaluru Urban, 4,364 discharges and 38 deaths.

Total positive cases: 10,94,912
Total discharges: 9,96,367
Death toll: 13,046
Active cases: 85,480

14/04/2021 17:03:52

UP Records 20,510 Fresh Cases In Last 24 Hrs

20,510 new Covid-19 cases and 4,517 recoveries reported in Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours. States's active case tally at 1,11,835.

14/04/2021 16:54:34

Air Travel Still Safest: CEO, Delhi Int Airport

Air travel is still the safest. Passengers have to follow COVID19 appropriate behaviour. We've ensured that the double-filtered fresh air is introduced inside the Terminal-3 every 10 minutes. Disinfection of surfaces being one using UV technology: CEO, Delhi International Airport

14/04/2021 16:14:36

Bihar Reports 4,157 New Covid-19 Cases, 43 Deaths

Bihar reported 4,157 new cases of coronavirus infection and 43 deaths in 24 hours on Wednesday. The deceased included 16 patients who have died in hospitals of Patna.

The health department of Bihar has tested 93,523 suspected patients till Tuesday evening and 4,157 detected Corona positive in all 38 districts. With this, the total active cases in Bihar are now 20,148. The Bihar government further said that 68,606 persons have recovered from the infection as well.

14/04/2021 13:12:25

Punjab CM Appeals To Postpone Classes 10 and 12 Board Exams

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh writes to Centre seeking postponement of board exams for Classes 10 and 12, in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases

14/04/2021 12:29:23

CM Uddhav Thackeray To Hold COVID Review Meet With All District Dollectors

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to chair a meeting of all district collectors today to review the COVID-19 situation in the state.

14/04/2021 11:46:32

Delhi Health Minister: No Shortage Of Ventilators

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Wednesday informed, that Delhi has 13,000 beds and there's "no shortage of ventilators." He apprised that the Centre has provided 1,100 beds and the talks are on to add more to the count.

The Delhi Health Minister also said that there's no slowdown in Covid cases. "We appeal to people to go out only if necessary. Beds' data is being revised twice a day in the app (for availability). People should visit hospitals only after going through the app," said Satyendar Jain. 

14/04/2021 10:16:14

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has tested positive for novel Coronavirus

14/04/2021 09:35:37

India reports 1,84,372 new COVID19 cases, 1,027 deaths in the last 24 hours

India reports 1,84,372 new COVID19 cases, 82,339 discharges and 1,027 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry

Total cases: 1,38,73,825
Total recoveries: 1,23,36,036     
Active cases: 13,65,704     
Death toll: 1,72,085      
 
Total vaccination: 11,11,79,578

14/04/2021 08:34:28

PM Modi, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to interact with governors over COVID-19 situation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu are likely to hold COVID review meeting with Governors, LGs of various states on Wednesday. This is the first meeting of this kind during the coronavirus disease pandemic as previously, PM has interacted with chief ministers of various states. 

The meeting comes at a time when the country recorded 1,61,736 new coronavirus cases pushing the caseload to 1,36,89,453 on Tuesday. 

14/04/2021 08:10:28

No shortage of Remdesivir injection in state: Jharkhand Health Minister

Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta inspected COVID-19 ward at Sadar Hospital in Ranchi on Tuesday. After examining the status of COVID-positive patients, Gupta said, "Some patients have mild symptoms or are asymptomatic. They are being sent to home isolation. I'll make sudden inspections to other hospitals as well." 

"There is no shortage of Remdesivir injection in the state. On Tuesday, we received 1,500 injections. We have written to the Central govt for more ventilators. We are increasing the number of ventilators," minister added, 

14/04/2021 08:06:51

Maharashtra: Statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 pm today

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced a statewide curfew for 15 days from 8 pm on April 14 across the state to curb the spread of coronavirus disease. As per the announcement, Section 144 across will be imposed across state however essential services have been exempted from the restrictions.

While making the announcement, Thackeray also said that "we thought we had won the war against Corona but the fight is still on." He stressed on the fact that the healthcare infrastructure has been overburdened.