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Coronavirus live updates: More than 27 lakh vaccinated on day 1 of Tika Utsav

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 11, 2021, 23:20:39 IST

Coronavirus live updates: More than 27 lakh vaccinated on day 1 of Tika Utsav

Over 1.52 lakh new cases were reported in India in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday. Five states - Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala cumulatively account for 70.82 per cent of India's active Covid-19 cases. Stay here for all live updates

08:28 (IST) Apr 11

Chhattisgarh reported 14,098 new infections, up from 11,447 on the previous day, while deaths climbed to 123 from 91 on Friday.

08:28 (IST) Apr 11

Maharashtra’s share in the daily national case count has dropped from the peak of 65% on March 18 to 36.4% on April 9. Maharashtra on Saturday reported 55,411 fresh cases and 309 deaths.

08:28 (IST) Apr 11

Deaths also climbed to 839 on Saturday, the highest daily toll since October 16 last year. Although deaths have been rising steadily during the second wave, the toll continues to be low compared with the case fatality rates seen during the peak of the first wave in the country.

08:27 (IST) Apr 11

There were 1,52,545 new cases recorded across the country, up more than 5% from Friday's count of 1.45 lakh. The 1.5 lakh count was crossed just six days after daily cases went past the 1-lakh mark, a 50% rise in less than a week.

04:50 (IST) Apr 11

12 cities in Madhya Pradesh go into lockdown

A dozen cities in Madhya Pradesh — including commercial capital Indore — are going into lockdown as the state battles an unprecedented Covid crisis. All urban centres were under weekend lockdown on Saturday, when it was extended till April 19 in Indore, MP’s worst hit district. Lockdown in some other districts has been extended till April 22, but it will kick in on the evening of April 12. Indore will be under lockdown till 6am on April 19. Officials said the shutdown will be in force in Rau, Mhow, Shajapur urban areas and districts like Ujjain, Barwani, Rajgarh and Vidisha. Balaghat, Narsinghpur and Seoni districts will go into lockdown from April 12 to April 22, along with Jabalpur city.

00:55 (IST) Apr 11

UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath directs officers to ensure that no more than 5 people are allowed to enter a religious place at a time, says state government

(ANI)

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23:31 (IST) Apr 10

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22:33 (IST) Apr 10

Union minister Prakash Javadekar and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar reviewed the Covid-19 situation, earlier today, in Pune district at a meeting

22:23 (IST) Apr 10

Covid-19: DDMA says restaurants, bars in Delhi allowed to operate at 50 per cent occupancy, reports ANI

22:22 (IST) Apr 10

Not more than 20 people allowed in funeral gatherings in national capital, upto 50 in weddings, says Delhi disaster management authority (ANI)

22:17 (IST) Apr 10

It will be mandatory for people travelling by air from Maharashtra to Delhi to carry a negative RT-PCR test done 72 hours prior to arrival. If found without report, mandatory quarantine of 14 days, says Delhi disaster management authority, government of NCT of Delhi (ANI)

22:14 (IST) Apr 10

Swimming pools in Delhi to remain closed except for training of sportspersons participating in national, global events, says authorities (PTI)

22:09 (IST) Apr 10

Delhi government prohibits all social, political, sports, entertainment, cultural and religious gatherings in view of rise in Covid-19 cases, reports PTI

22:01 (IST) Apr 10

Pune district reports 9,864 new Covid-19 cases, 7,030 recoveries and 82 deaths in the last 24 hours, reports ANI

The total cases now stands at 6,36,016. Of these 94,464 are active cases.

21:48 (IST) Apr 10

DRDO to set up the Covid-19 hospital with 500 beds equipped with ICU facilities by next Sunday in Delhi Cantt. The first 250 beds would be ready in the first 7 days. Doctors would be provided by both military and paramilitary forces for treating patients, say officials (ANI)

21:47 (IST) Apr 10

Madhya Pradesh: Lockdown enforced in Jabalpur, up till the morning of April 12, has been extended and will continue until further notice in view of rising Covid-19 cases, says district magistrate and collector Karmveer Sharma (ANI)

21:28 (IST) Apr 10

In view of the rising Covid-19 cases and to meet the shortage of resident doctors in Delhi, tenure of presently working SRs/JRs, whose tenure has completed on March 31 or is completing soon, can be extended for a period of 6 months, says GNCT health and family welfare department (ANI)

21:19 (IST) Apr 10

I have been speaking to many people from different sectors, even private hospitals for the last few days. All are ready to support the government, says Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

Last year during lockdown people were at home so it wasn't difficult to trace infection. Since now everything is open it is practically very difficult to trace people. The Centre must understand this, he says.

21:14 (IST) Apr 10

Covid-19 impact: Entry of outsiders banned at National Institute of Sports Patiala, reports PTI

21:04 (IST) Apr 10

Covid19: 11 fatalities, 2,937 new cases in Haryana, reports PTI