LIVE: Indonesia reports 4,369 new Covid-19 cases, 188 deaths

The Covid-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,369 within one day to 1,686,373, with the death toll adding by 188 to 46,137, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

According to the ministry, 5,658 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 1,541,149.

France reported 243 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals on Tuesday, down from 311 on the previous day. The number of people in hospitals with Covid-19 fell again after two days of increases and was down by 523 to 28,427, health ministry data showed. The number of people in intensive care units with Covid-19 fell by 126 to 5,504.

Karnataka on Tuesday reported 44,631 new Covid-19 cases and 292 deaths, taking the caseload and fatalities to 16,90,934 and 16,538 respectively, the health department said. According to the health bulletin, the state has 4,64,363 active cases whereas 12,10,013 people have been discharged so far including 24,714 people on Tuesday.

Italy reported 305 Covid-related deaths on Tuesday against 256 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 9,116 from 5,948. Italy has registered 121,738 deaths linked to Covid-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world. The country has reported 4.06 million cases to date.

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 2,554 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 62 deaths, taking the count of infections to 6,61,420 and the toll to 13,470, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. This is the second consecutive day that the country's financial capital has recorded less than 3,000 cases. As compared to Monday, the number of infections dipped by over 100 and the number of fatalities by 10.

Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday recorded its highest single-day spike of 3,824 Covid-19 cases and 48 deaths, a senior official said, citing data updated till 7 pm. The death toll in the state due to Covid-19 now stands at 1,647 and the tally at 1,10,945. The number of active cases in the state has climbed to 23,572.

Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded its biggest single-day spike with 4,650 fresh Covid cases, taking the tally to 1,91,869, even as 37 fatalities over the last 24 hours took the toll to 2,458. Out of the fresh cases, 1,463 were from the Jammu division and 3,187 from the Kashmir division of the union territory, they said.

Sikkim's Covid-19 caseload rose to 8,698 as 230 more people tested positive for the infection while one new fatality pushed the death toll to 151, a health department bulletin said on Tuesday. East Sikkim district registered 186 new Covid-19 cases followed by South Sikkim (19), West Sikkim (17) and North Sikkim district (8).

The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday reported 5,683 new confirmed cases of Covid-19, the lowest daily tally since March 19, bringing the country's total tally to 1,067,892. The death toll climbed to 17,622 after 97 more patients died from the coronavirus epidemic, the DOH said.

With the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, the Indian Air Force on Tuesday announced that it will establish a 100-bed Covid care treatment facility at its Air Force Station. In a series of tweets, the IAF said the 20 beds would be ready by May 6. "Indian Air Force decides to establish a 100 bedded Covid care treatment facility at Air Force Station Jalahalli, Bengaluru for the general public. First 20 beds will be operational on 06 May 21 with oxygen concentrators. Remaining 80 beds are expected to be operational by May 20," the IAF said.

The Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), the pilot union of Air India, has given a call to stop work if vaccination camps against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for its flying crew are not set up across India. In a letter sent to the airlines' Director (Operations), the union wrote, "If Air India fails to set up vaccination camps on a pan-India basis for the flying crew above the age of 18 years on priority, we will stop work."

Professional Twenty20 cricket league, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been suspended for this season after several players tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Rajeev Shukla, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) told news agency ANI.

Mumbai's first drive-in vaccination center started operations today. The multi-story Kohinoor parking lot on JK Sawant Marg, near Shivaji Park in Dadar West, which has been turned into a vaccination center, offers the drive-in facility to senior citizens and specially-abled citizens. Read More

Night curfew to continue in Chandigarh from 6pm to 5am every day along with a complete weekend curfew. Restricted movement from 5pm on May 4 to 5am on May 11, with only essentials shops allowed to remain open. Home delivery up to 9pm and takeaways till 5pm to be allowed.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday began hearing a bunch of petitions related to the various issues arising out of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation in the national capital.

The Delhi government has issued a notice to the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government and municipal corporations on a plea seeking an urgent increase in the number of cremation grounds and burial sites in the national capital.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Tuesday that a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) necessitated lockdown will be imposed in the state till May 15. He said that the decision to implement the lockdown was taken yesterday after a series of discussions with associate ministers and officials. The Bihar crisis management group has been directed to issue detailed lockdown-related guidelines and other protocols in this regard by today, he said.

As India battles the deadlier, more infectious second wave of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the central government on Tuesday (May 4, 2021) noted that only 10 states account for 73.15% of the new Covid-19 related fatalities recorded in the preceding 24 hours. With 567 new deaths, Maharashtra, the state worst hit by the pandemic, has seen the maximum number of casualties. Delhi, with 448 new deaths, and Uttar Pradesh, with 285 new deaths, are situated next on the list. Read More

The central government said that it has so far provided nearly 16.69 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses to states and union territories free of cost, adding that more than 75 lakh vaccines are available with the states to be administered.

Telangana reported 6,876 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which takes the cumulative coronavirus tally to 463,361, the state health ministry informed on Tuesday. 59 new fatalities were also recorded, which takes the death toll to 2,476. The case fatality rate in Telangana is 0.53%, compared to India's average of 1.1%.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the central government over its alleged mismanagement regarding the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) situation in India and said that a "full lockdown" is the only way to stop the spread of the virus at this point. Gandhi said that the Government of India doesn't realise the fact that its "inaction" is killing several innocent people. Read More

India on Tuesday registered 357,229 new Covid-19 cases in the preceding 24 hours, taking the country's total coronavirus infection tally past the 20-million mark. 3,449 new fatalities were also recorded in the same duration, mounting the death toll to 222,408. The country's cumulative case count has now reached 20,282,833. Read More

Seven ISO tankers with 20 MT Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) each arrive at Mundra Port. The spokesperson for the Union ministry of external affairs pointed out that this is the first such shipment of LMO to India. "Deeply value the support from the United Arab Emirates," he said.

Amid the shortage of Covid-19 vaccines, the Odisha government will prioritise beneficiaries who are waiting to take their second dose and has asked district authorities to plan sessions accordingly.

If vaccine remains available after catering to the second dose beneficiaries, it should be used for the first dose of left out frontline workers and healthcare workers, a statement from the state government said.