Highlights: Maharashtra records 47,288 new Covid-19 cases, 155 deaths

Mumbai records 9,857 new Covid-19 cases, taking the city-wide tally to 4,62,302. 21 deaths were also recorded in the last 24 hours, the death toll now stands at 11,797, reported news agency ANI.

The Delhi government on Monday ordered all its hospitals to run 1/3 of its inoculation centres round-the-clock. S Sunil, deputy secretary of Delhi’s health and family welfare department, sent an order to hospitals asking for the same to be implemented. Read More

Thai health officials have been mulling over closing entertainment venues in Bangkok after an outbreak in nightspots in the capital, reported the Associated Press. An official confirmed to AP that 194 cases have been detected in entertainment venues and the Narathiwat prison.

Odisha's Covid-19 tally Monday mounted to 3,43,268 after 573 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day spike this year. The new cases were detected in 28 of the state's 30 districts, with 337 cases reported from different quarantine centres, while the remaining 236 were local contact cases.

Russia on Monday reported 8,646 new Covid-19 cases, including 1,876 in Moscow, taking the official national tally to 4,589,540. The government coronavirus taskforce said 343 people had died in the past 24 hours, pushing its death toll to 100,717. The statistics agency has kept a separate count and reported a much higher toll of 225,000 from April 2020 to February.

Thailand on Monday reported 194 new Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day increase since March 23, taking total confirmed infections to 29,321, authorities said. Some of the new cases reported were found from clusters discovered at entertainment venues in downtown Bangkok, as well as a prison. Authorities cautioned Thais to go to bars and nightclubs, to spokeswoman said. The increase in new infections comes before a national holiday next week.

Arunachal Pradesh did not report any fresh Covid-19 case in the last two days, a senior health department official said here on Monday. The Covid-19 caseload in the northeastern state remained at 16,849, while 16,785 people have recovered from the disease, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said. Arunachal Pradesh currently has eight active Covid-19 cases, while 56 people have died due to the contagion so far, the SSO said.

Telangana reported 1,097 fresh Covid-19 cases pushing the tally to over 3.13 lakh, while the death toll rose to 1,723 with six more fatalities, the state government said on Monday. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 302, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri 138 and Rangareddy 116, it said in a bulletin, providing details as of 8 PM on April 4.

Mizoram on Monday reported one new Covid-19 case, pushing the coronavirus tally in the state to 4,491, an official said. The state now has 41 active Covid-19 cases, while 4,439 people have recovered from the disease, the official said.

The Covid-19 death toll in the state is 11.

The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and started to overwhelm many hospitals in the capital and outlying regions. President Rodrigo Duterte placed Metropolitan Manila and four outlying provinces, a region of more than 25 million people, under lockdown last week as daily infections breached 10,000. Roman Catholic leaders shifted Holy Week and Easter events online after all public gatherings, including in places of worship, were temporarily banned.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday received his first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Lucknow and urged people to take all precautions amind growing cases of coronavirus. "I thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Ministry for making the vaccine available free of cost. I also thank the scientists of the country. The vaccine is completely safe. We all should take it when our turn comes," Adityanath said after taking the first dose. "I appeal to the people to take all precautions even after taking the vaccine. The new Covid-19 wave is the result of our complacency in observing Covid appropriate behaviour," he added.

Argentina registered 9,955 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the national tally to 2,393,492, according to the country's ministry of health.

The ministry also reported 93 more deaths from the disease, taking the nationwide death toll to 56,199. A total of 2,140,480 patients have recovered from the disease so far, while 196,813 cases remain active, it said.

Restrictions on people moving around the country will remain in place for two weeks starting April 6, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s Covid-19 task force said, with more areas included in this round.

China reported its biggest daily jump in new Covid-19 cases in more than two months, as a city on the border with Myanmar in southwestern Yunnan province accounted for all new local cases. Ruili's local government put residents in its urban area under home quarantine, launched a massive testing drive and began restricting people from leaving and entering the city from last week after reporting Covid-19 patients. The city accounted for all of the 15 new local cases reported on April 4. The total number of new Covid-19 infections, including imported infections originating from overseas, stood at 32, marking the highest total since Jan. 31.