Coronavirus LIVE: Fight is to save India from complete lockdown, says PM

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 1,532,388 Covid cases in the last 7 days, followed by the US (493,159) and Brazil (460,528). Stay tuned for corona-related news

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Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra CM to announce the decision on lockdown tomorrow after 8 pm

Tomorrow after 8 pm, the CM will announce the decision on lockdown in the state, says Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope

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Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra govt cancels class 10 exams

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Coronavirus LIVE: Requested CM to announce complete lockdown, says Tope

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Coronavirus LIVE: Kerala reports 19,577 new cases

Kerala reports 19,577 new coronavirus cases, 28 deaths and 3,880 recoveries today, according to the state health department.

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Uttar Pradesh reports 162 Covid-19 deaths, 29,754 fresh infections

The Covid-19 death toll in Uttar Pradesh rose by 162, to cross the 10,000-mark on Tuesday while 29,754 fresh cases pushed the tally of infections in the state to over nine lakh, according to a senior official.

 

The number of recoveries has increased with over 14,391 patients discharged in the past 24 hours.

 

A total of 6,75,702 people have so far recuperated from the disease in the state leaving 2,23,544 active cases, Additional Chief Secretary, Amit Mohan Prasad told reporters.

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Coronavirus LIVE: Section 144 in Rajasthan from April 22 to May 21

Coronavirus LIVE: Section 144 will be imposed in Rajasthan from April 22 to May 21, in view of the coronavirus surge

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Coronavirus LIVE: Uttarakhand reports 3,012 fresh cases

Uttarakhand reports 3,012 fresh cases and 27 deaths; case tally rises to 1,29,205, death toll 1,919, according to the state health department.

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Coronavirus LIVE: 363 active cases in Maharashtra prisons

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Coronavirus LIVE: No shortage of beds in the state, says Haryana CM

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Coronavirus LIVE: Rajnath Singh reviews preparedness of Ministry of Defence

Rajnath Singh held a virtual meeting to review the preparedness of Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces to deal with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the country, in New Delhi on April 20, 2021. Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane, Director General Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) Surg Vice Admiral Rajat Datta, Secretary (Defence Production) Shri Raj Kumar, Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman Defence Research and Development Organisation Dr G Satheesh Reddy and other senior civil & military officers attended the meeting via video conferencing. Read full release here

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Coronavirus LIVE: Assam government issues new guidelines

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Coronavirus LIVE: Working on increasing the manpower, says Harsh Vardhan

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Covid: Delhi HC asks Centre why wait till May 1 to vaccinate everyone

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure over "huge wastage" of vaccines and asked the Centre to vaccinate whomsoever it can to ensure there is no wastage.

 

A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli said according to news reports there is a daily wastage of six per cent of vaccines and till now 44 lakh vaccines out of 10 crore have been wasted, maximum in Tamil Nadu. Read here

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Coronavirus LIVE: PM Modi wishes Rahul Gandhi a quick recovery

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Coronavirus LIVE: Night curfew in J&K from 10 pm to 6 am