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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: 'Maharashtra Govt Making Fool-Proof Plan, Will Give People Time To Prepare,' Minister Aslam Shaikh On Lockdown

Coronavirus India HIGHLIGHTS: Speaking about the likely Covid-19 lockdown in Maharashtra, Minister Aslam Shaikh informed that "the state government is making a fool-proof plan on what needs to be allowed and for how many days, during the lockdown. This will give sufficient time to people if they want to move somewhere or come here, and prepare them mentally, ahead of lockdown". He also revealed that the government will release strict SOPs for upcoming festivals.

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: 'Maharashtra Govt Making Fool-Proof Plan, Will Give People Time To Prepare,' Minister Aslam Shaikh On Lockdown

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Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, 12 April 2021:  India recorded  1,52,879 fresh infections reported since yesterday, setting another grim one-day record as the country's Covid tally reached over 1.33 crore cases. 839 deaths in the last 24 hours pushed the total death count to 1.69 lakh.

Active cases have seen a steady increase for the 32nd day in a row. The active cases increased to 11,08,087 comprising 8.29 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate further dropped to 90.44 per cent, the Health Ministry said.

This comes on a day when the country kicked off a 4-day-long “Tika Utsav” or vaccine festival to inoculate a maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus. It is being held following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the chief ministers of all states and union territories during a meeting over the coronavirus situation on Saturday.

Maharashtra (14% of new tests), Uttar Pradesh (13%), and Gujarat (9%) led the list in terms of the absolute number of new tests conducted on April 10. However, in terms of tests conducted relative to the population size, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand were the front-runners.

00:00 AM (IST)  •  13 Apr 2021

50% Beds In Karnataka's Private Hospitals To Be Reserved For Covid Patients

Private hospitals in Karnataka will reserve 50 percent of beds for treating Covid patients amid surging cases, state Health Minister K. Sudhakar informed on Monday.

"Private hospitals across the state have been directed to reserve 50 percent of their beds for Covid patients as they did during the pandemic's first wave last year," Sudhakar said at a virtual meeting with the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (Phana) members.

According to the state health bulletin, 9,579 new cases were reported across the state on Sunday, with 6,387 from Bengaluru, while the infection claimed 52 lives, including 40 in this tech city during the last 24 hours.

23:31 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Yet to receive SEC communication on Sputnik V approval: DRL

Hyderabad (IANS): Amid reports that the subject expert committee (SEC) has approved Dr. Reddy's Laboratories' (DRL) application for the Russian vaccine candidate Sputnik V to tackle Coronavirus pandemic, the city-based company is yet to receive official communication about the approval.

"There is no approval received yet. We are still awaiting the statement from the SEC. Once we get something, we will release a statement," a DRL official told IANS on Monday.

He said that the SEC has to first pass on the recommendation to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and then the latter has to give the nod.

The pharmaceutical major is expecting that this process might take a day or two.

When quizzed on the company's preparedness to produce the vaccine in large numbers, the official said 'we will be releasing details as and when we get some input there (from SEC and DCGI)'.

This development comes at a time when several Indian states are facing severe vaccine shortage and is a positive development.

Meanwhile, Dr. Reddy's scrip rallied on the bourses, reacting to the approval news reports.

23:16 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Gujarat: JCB Being Used To Dig Graves Of Patients Who Died Due To COVID

Gujarat: JCB being used to dig graves of patients who died due to COVID | Master Stroke

To the surge in the deaths due to COVID 19 it has become impossible to manually dig grave for each. In Gujarat JCB is being used to do so. States such as Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in new Covid-19 cases.

23:00 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Uttarakhand Reports 1,334 New Covid Cases

22:45 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Uttarakhand Govt Restricts Number Of Attendees Allowed In Weddings

"Amid increasing Covid-19 cases, weddings outside containment zones will have a gathering of 200 people, who will have to abide by Covid appropriate behaviour,": Uttarakhand Government.

22:30 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Former Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh Tests Positive For Covid

As reported by news agency ANI, Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh has tested positive for Coronavirus.

22:11 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Writes To Union Health Minister, Seeks 50 Lakh Doses Of Covid Vaccines

22:00 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Delhi Government Declares 14 Private Hospitals As 'Fully' Covid-Care Centres

New Delhi (IANS): In view of the exponential surge of Covid-19 cases in the national capital, the health department of the Delhi Government has declared as many as 14 big private hospitals as fully Covid-care centres on Monday.

The decision came hours after the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal chaired an emergency meeting in view of the Covid-19 situation in the capital on Monday.

Those hospitals which are declared as fully Covid hospitals include Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram, Holy Family, Maharaja Agarsen Hospital (Punjabi Bagh), Max Hospital (Shalimar Bagh), Fortis Hospital (Shalimar Bagh), Venkateshwar Hospital, Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute, Jaipur Golden Hospital, Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, Pushpawati Singhania Research Institute, Manipal Hospital and Saroj Super Specialty Hospital.

The Delhi Government has also directed that all these hospitals declared as fully Covid hospitals will not admit any non-Covid patients till further order.

"In order to augment the bed capacity for Cvod-19 patients in view of an unprecedented surge of Covid cases in past few days, 14 private hospitals are declared as full Covid hospitals and are directed that henceforth these hospitals shall not admit any non-Covid medical/ surgical patients till further order," an order issued by the Delhi government reads.

21:40 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Gujarat Reports 6,021 New Coronavirus Cases

Gujarat reports 6,021 new cases, 2,854 recoveries and 55 deaths in the last 24 hours. Currently, the state's Total cases are 3,53,516, Active cases are 30,680, along with 3,17,981 total recoveries and the Death toll has reached 4,855. Total vaccinated: 93,50,045.

21:32 PM (IST)  •  12 Apr 2021

Maharashtra Reports 51,751 New Covid-19 Cases Along With 258 Deaths

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