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Coronavirus live updates: India reports over 3k Covid deaths for 4th day

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 01, 2021, 03:28:57 IST

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Coronavirus live updates: India reports over 3k Covid deaths for 4th day

India on Friday posted a record daily rise of over 3.86 lakh new Covid-19 cases and continued to post over 3,000 deaths for the third consecutive day, as per Union health ministry data updated at 8 am. With 386,452 new cases recorded on Friday, India's tally of total Covid-19 cases now stands at 1,87,62,976, the highest since the pandemic started in 2019. The death jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 2,08,330, according to the health ministry data. Stay with TOI for all the updates on coronavirus

21:05 (IST) Apr 30

PM asked the officials to explore how volunteers from civil society can be utilised to lessen the pressure on healthcare sector by invoking them in non-specialised tasks.

21:03 (IST) Apr 30

The Empowered Group on issues relating to facilitating supply chain & logistics management gave a presentation on various advisories relating to measures to be taken to contain the pandemic.

PM instructed officials to plan holistically to ensure seamless movement of goods so that supply chain disruptions are avoided.

21:02 (IST) Apr 30

The Empowered Group on Economic and Welfare measures made a presentation to PM on steps taken such as extension of PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.

It was discussed that portability enabled due to One Nation One Ration Card initiative has helped to benefit more people. Insurance scheme for frontline health workers has been extended for another 6 months.

21:01 (IST) Apr 30

PM Modi reviews Covid related situation in a meeting with Empowered Groups

20:57 (IST) Apr 30

Can't say for sure if there will be a third wave or not: Uddhav Thackeray

20:53 (IST) Apr 30

15 lakh people have been benefited from the free Shiv Bhojan thali scheme in Maharashtra: Uddhav

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20:52 (IST) Apr 30

We only started with Kasturba and NIV as the 2 labs to test. Increasing our capacity significantly, we now have 600 labs. We had 3744 ventilators last June. Now we have 11,713 in the state: CM Uddhav Thackeray

20:51 (IST) Apr 30

275 PSA oxygen generation plants are being installed in the state and they will be operational in the next few days: Uddhav

20:48 (IST) Apr 30

We have just about the amount of oxygen that is required but if cases go up further, it will be difficult to meet the demand, says Maharashtra CM

20:47 (IST) Apr 30

More beds are being added, more testing centres are being created: Uddhav

20:46 (IST) Apr 30

We are not sitting idle after shutting everything down. We are constantly improving the health infrastructure, says Thackeray

20:43 (IST) Apr 30

I had promised the restrictions would perhaps impact rozi, but I assured it would not impact roti. I am open to taking suggestions from other states that may have done better in some aspects, nothing wrong in following what has worked for them: Uddhav Thackeray

20:42 (IST) Apr 30

We would have reached 9.5 - 10 lakh if we had gone at that pace (of active cases). But you cooperated, followed rules. I understand that it is easy to put these restrictions in place, but difficult to follow: Uddhav

20:40 (IST) Apr 30

If you ask me, do we need even more stringent restrictions, I don't think so. Because people are co-operating. But we also need to keep an eye on the numbers: Uddhav Thackeray

20:39 (IST) Apr 30

Reminiscing the golden jubilee of MaharashtraDay, CM Uddhav Thackeray says- We will fight this wave together like we did last year

20:07 (IST) Apr 30

37,199 cases reported in Kerala

19:58 (IST) Apr 30

Apollo Hospitals to start vaccination of people in 18-44 age group at all its facilities on May 1: Statement

19:41 (IST) Apr 30

COVID-19: India receives second shipment of medical supplies from US

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19:38 (IST) Apr 30

Punjab defers Phase 3 of Covid vaccination for 18-45 yr group, reports IANS

Dacing shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday deferred Phase 3 of the vaccination for the 18-45 age group, slated to begin on May 1, while also announcing that vaccination at private health facilities will remain suspended from Saturday. He made it clear that due to non-availability of vaccines, Phase 3 of vaccination of 18-45 age group cannot be started as scheduled.

19:31 (IST) Apr 30

The Covid-19 vaccination drive will start in Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Meerut and Bareilly

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