9.40 am: India reports 1,84,372 new Covid-19 cases and 1,027 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s overall case count since the ...
9.40 am: India reports 1,84,372 new Covid-19 cases and 1,027 more deaths in the last 24 hours. The country’s overall case count since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 rose to 1,38,73,825 and the toll to 1,72,085.
Active cases stood at 13,65,704, while 1,23,36,036 people have recovered from the disease.
9.30 am: Brazil reports more than 3,800 Covid-19 deaths, and 82,186 new cases in 24 hours, according to Hindustan Times.
9.10 am: Due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, Chhattisgarh has extended restrictions, including a night curfew, in Sukma and Durg districts. Strict curbs will remain in place in Durg till April 19, and till April 15 in Sukma, reported Hindustan Times.
9.05 am: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asserted that the Centre will not announce lockdowns “in a big way”. “Even with the second wave, we [the Union government] are very clear that we are not going in for lockdowns in a big way,” she said. “We don’t want to totally arrest the economy.”
Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman shared the measures being taken by India to contain the spread of second wave of pandemic including the five pillared strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and #COVID19 appropriate behaviour. (3/5) pic.twitter.com/2osJ2jvygh
— Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) April 13, 2021
9 am: The Covid-19 vaccination programme was stopped on Tuesday in 11 of Odisha’s 30 districts due to...