India has recorded the highest single-day spike in death counts in the last 24 hours with 1,761 deaths being reported by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday morning. Breaching the 15.3 million mark, the country now has added 259,170 fresh covid cases in the last 24 hours.
This is the sixth day in a row that the country’s daily infection caseload has surpassed 200,000.
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Reports of melting furnaces as crematoriums running non-stop, bodies piling up, and smoke from continuously burning flesh creating another health risk for people around these places. Meanwhile, burial grounds are running out of space to bury the dead.
Meanwhile, noticing the 'struggling health care system' due to the fourth Covid wave, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced to impose a six-day lockdown across the national capital starting Monday (April 19) at 10 PM till next Monday (April 26), 5 AM.
As per the issued order on restrictions during the lockdown, essential services, food services, medical services will continue. Weddings can be held with a gathering of only 50 people, passes will be issued separately for it.
Even after the Allahabad High Court ordered imposition of lockdown in Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur. The Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Monday informed that there will not be any lockdown in the state. "There is no need to impose a complete lockdown. Weekend lockdowns will continue to curb the spread of Covid-19," CMO informed.