Coronavirus LIVE: Maharashtra sees nearly 48,000 new cases; 9,086 in Pune

Coronavirus live updates: Maharashtra reported 43,183 new Covid-19 cases. Stay tuned for corona-related news

2:00 PM

Covid-19 cases rising daily in Mumbai, people showing carelessness: Mumbai Mayor

1:59 PM

Nobody wants lockdown, but strict measures need to be taken: Mumbai Mayor

Nobody wants lockdown, but keeping in mind the manner in which cases are rising and creating pressure on the health infrastructure, some strict measures will have to be taken: ANI quoted Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar as saying.

1:58 PM

12-hour night curfew imposed in Pune for a week

Bars, hotels, restaurants to remain closed for seven days, only home delivery will be allowed. No public function, except funerals and weddings, will be allowed; max 20 people in funerals and 50 in weddings. Order to come into effect from tomorrow: Pune (Maharashtra) Divisional Commissioner

 

1:49 PM

India's Covid-19 recovery rate improves to 93.68%: Health Ministry

1:47 PM

Lockdown in Chhattisgarh's Durg district from Apr 6 to 14 amid Covid-19 surge

The administration in Chhattisgarh's Durg district on Friday announced a complete lockdown from April 6 to 14, in light of the spike in COVID-19 cases in the region, an official said. District Collector Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure said in view of the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, it has become necessary to break the chain of transmission by imposing a lockdown and public support is required for it.

 

The lockdown will be imposed from April 6 to April 14, the statement issued by the district administration said.

 

The statement, however, did not mention which activities will be allowed and restricted during this period.

1:14 PM

Pak reports over 5,000 Covid-19 cases, highest single day spike in 10 months

Pakistan reported more than 5,000 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single day spike since June last year, the health ministry said on Friday. The Ministry of National Health Services said that 83 people died in this period, taking the death toll to 14,613.

 

The COVID-19 tally reached 678,165 with 5,234 more individuals contracting the contagion, it said. The new cases were the highest since June 20 last year. Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths followed by Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Most numbers of cases have been reported in Sindh.

1:05 PM

India administers over 36 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses in 24 hours

A total of 36,71,242 Covid-19 vaccines doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Friday.

 

Out of which 33,65,597 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 3,05,645 beneficiaries received the second dose.

 

With this, a total of 6,87,89,138 coronavirus vaccines doses have been administered in India to date. The third phase of coronavirus vaccination for all above 45 years began across the country on Thursday.

11:51 AM

Over 25 world leaders call for international pandemic treaty: WHO chief

Over 25 leaders from "the G20, G7 and from every region" have unanimously called for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness and response, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said.

 

"The pandemic treaty would be a generational commitment to keeping the world safe from new pathogens with pandemic potential in the future," Xinhua news agency quoted WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while addressing a presser on Thursday. Read on...

11:15 AM

Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised few days after testing Covid-19 positive

Thank you for your wishes and prayers. As a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice, I have been hospitalised. I hope to be back home in a few days. Take care and stay safe everyone.

Wishing all Indians & my teammates on the 10th anniversary of our World Cup

11:11 AM

Chris Wood trims India exposure as Covid cases rise

Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies has trimmed his ‘overweight’ exposure to India in his Asia Pacific ex-Japan relative-return portfolio by 2 percentage points (ppt). Weight in Singapore and Taiwan in the above-mentioned portfolio has been increased by 1 ppt each. Read here

10:53 AM

Covid-19 in Maharashtra: Malls, local trains may be hit, says Mumbai mayor

Amid a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases in Mumbai, Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Thursday hinted that some restrictions could be introduced in the city from April 2.

 

Speaking to reporters, she said that hotels could be asked to operate at 50 per cent of the seating capacity and religious places might be shut completely as "people do not listen". Read on...

9:50 AM

India reports 469 Covid deaths in a day, most since Dec 6

The death toll has climbed to 163,396.

9:43 AM

Coronavirus in India: Latest update by MoHFW

Active cases: 614,696 (Net increase: 30,641)

Deaths: 163,396 (Net increase: 469)

Cured: 11,525,039 (Net increase: 50,356)

Total cases: 12,303,131 (Net increase: 81,466)

Total vaccination: 68,789,138 (Increase over previous day: 3,671,242)

9:34 AM

Centre to hold a meeting today with representatives of 11 states that are showing surge in Covid cases

Delhi: Union Cabinet Secretary to hold a meeting today with representatives of 11 states that are showing a surge in Covid-19 cases.

9:09 AM

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 129.4 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 129.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.82 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

 

In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 129,475,545 and 2,826,018, respectively.

 

The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 30,538,427 and 553,120, respectively, according to the CSSE. Read on...