Highlights: Haryana reports 11,854 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

India's Covid-19 situation remains grim as hospitals struggle to treat the infected due to lack of medical oxygen, ICU beds.

A health worker sits on a bench after helping cremating victims of coronavirus, in New Delhi. (AP Photo)

The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) surge continues to affect several cities and regions of the country as clamour for oxygen and ICU beds continues. India reported a record 332,730 fresh cases on Friday crossing the US in terms of the highest number of cases reported in a single day. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi continue to report a high number of cases and fatalities and are also facing issues with testing, hospital infrastructure and oxygen availability. The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, chaired one review meeting on the nation’s Covid-19 situation today with the chief ministers of worst-affected state and his meeting with oxygen manufacturers is currently underway....Read More

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• 23 Apr 2021, 11:51:32 PM IST

  Jharkhand reports 5,741 new Covid-19 cases

  Jharkhand reports 5,741 new Covid-19 cases, 3,205 discharges and 63 deaths.

  Active cases: 43,415

  Total discharges: 1,45,499

  Death toll: 1,778

• 23 Apr 2021, 11:00:32 PM IST

  Haryana reports 11,854 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

  Haryana reported 11,854 new Covid-19 cases, 60 deaths and 6,334 recoveries in the last 24 hours on Friday.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:41:40 PM IST

  Delhi reports 24,331 new Covid-19 cases

  Delhi on Friday reported 24,331 fresh coronavirus infections and 348 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:35:17 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh registers more than 17,000 new Covid-19 cases

  Chhattisgarh on Friday reported 17,397 new Covid-19 cases, 14,284 recoveries and 219 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:07:46 PM IST

  Maharashtra's Pune logs 9,810 new Covid-19 cases

  Pune district reported 9,810 fresh Covid-19 cases, 137 fatalities and 10,310 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:46:28 PM IST

  West Bengal logs over 12,000 fresh Covid-19 infections

  West Bengal reported 12,876 new Covid-19 cases, 59 deaths and 6,878 discharges in the last 24 hours on Friday.

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:14:49 PM IST

  Kerala logs highest-ever single-day hike of 28, 447 new Covid-19 infections

  Kerala on Friday registered 28,447, highest in a single day, new Covid-19 cases, ANI quoted the state's Information & Public Relations Department (IPRD) as informing.

• 23 Apr 2021, 08:53:09 PM IST

  Maharashtra reports over 66,000 new Covid-19 cases

  Maharashtra on Friday reported 66,836 new Covid-19 infections and 773 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 08:32:58 PM IST

  Flyers from Delhi, UP, 3 other states to Bengal must carry Covid-19 negative report from Monday

  The West Bengal government makes prior RT-PCR test and Covid-negative report mandatory for flight passengers coming to Kolkata from nine states.

• 23 Apr 2021, 08:13:12 PM IST

  Mumbai reports 7,221 new Covid-19 infections in last 24 hours

  Mumbai reported 7,221 new Covid-19 cases, 9,541 recoveries and 72 fatalities in the last 24 hours. Active cases in the city have surpassed 81,000-mark.

• 23 Apr 2021, 07:40:31 PM IST

  Andhra Pradesh announces night curfew from April 24 to curb Covid-19 spread, reports PTI

  Andhra Pradesh government on Friday announced that night curfew from 10pm to 5am will be imposed in the state from April 24, reported PTI. "The night curfew will be in force daily from 10 pm to 5 am. Only essential and emergency services, like medical and health, milk supply, will be allowed," PTI quoted deputy chief minister (Health) A K K Srinivas (Nani) as saying.

• 23 Apr 2021, 07:33:28 PM IST

  Tamil Nadu logs 13,776 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

  Tamil Nadu on Friday reported 13,776 new Covid-19cases, 8,078 recoveries and 78 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 07:02:31 PM IST

  Maharashtra's Nagpur reports 7,485 new Covid-19 cases

  Nagpur district reported 7,485 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday with 6531 recoveries and 82 deaths, reported ANI.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:39:53 PM IST

  Goa reports 1,420 new Covid-19 infections

  Goa reports 1,420 new Covid-19 cases, 12 fatalities and 596 recoveries in the last 24 hours. Active cases stand at 11,040.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:04:52 PM IST

  Uttarakhand reports over 4,300 new Covid-19 infections

  Uttarakhand on Friday reported 4,339 new Covid-19 cases, 1,179 recoveries and 49 deaths in the last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 05:28:46 PM IST

  Study finds even single jab of vaccine dose reduces Covid-19 infection rate

  As per a new UK study, a single dose of either Oxford/AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine reduces the infection rate by 65 per cent, reported PTI. Oxfird/AstraZeneca and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines are currently being administered in the UK.

• 23 Apr 2021, 05:03:45 PM IST

  UP records highest single-day spike of over 37,000 new Covid-19 infections

  Uttar Pradesh on Friday recorded the highest single-day rise with 37,238 fresh Covid-19 cases and 196 deaths in the last 24 hours. The new hike took the state's tally to over one million, an official said, reported PTI.

• 23 Apr 2021, 04:37:43 PM IST

  Zydus Cadila gets DGCI nod for use of hepatitis drug in Covid-19 treatment

  Zydus Cadila on Friday said it has received restricted emergency use approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the use of hepatitus drug Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b (PegIFN) in treating moderate Covid-19 infection in adults, reported PTI.

• 23 Apr 2021, 03:59:11 PM IST

  Covid-19 survivors face high risk of death, serious illness: Study

  As per research published in the journal Nature, Covid-19 survivors, including those not sick enough to be hospitalised, have an increased risk of death in the six months following diagnosis with the coronavirus, reported PTI.

• 23 Apr 2021, 03:27:11 PM IST

  Odisha reports highest single-day rise of 6,215 new Covid-19 cases

  Odisha on Friday reported the highest-ever single-day spike of 6,215 new Covid-19 cases. The rise took the Covid-19 tally of the state to nearly 400,000 cases, PTI quoted a health department official as saying.

• 23 Apr 2021, 02:52:59 PM IST

  Zero case of Covid variant reported in Mizoram so far, says official

  Mizoram has not reported any case of new Covid-19 variants till date, PTI quoted an an official as saying on Friday.

• 23 Apr 2021, 02:34:37 PM IST

  Chhattisgarh receives 15k vials of Remdesivir

  Chhattisgarh health minister said that the distribution of Remdesivir will begin immediately after they are counted.

• 23 Apr 2021, 02:04:58 PM IST

  Mamata claims Bengal's oxygen is being diverted to UP

  At a virtual meeting, the Bengal CM also claimed that the supply chain is being maintained by BJP states.

• 23 Apr 2021, 01:55:06 PM IST

  PM Modi's meet with oxygen manufacturers begins

  PM Modi's meet with leading oxygen manufacturers begins.

• 23 Apr 2021, 01:40:51 PM IST

  Farmers deny to leave protest sites

  SKM chief Gurnam Singh Chaduni told HT that RSS should intervene and reiterated that farmers will not call off stir at Delhi's borders.

• 23 Apr 2021, 01:25:00 PM IST

  Edhi foundation offers ambulances to India

  Edhi foundation offers to send fleet of 50 ambulances.

• 23 Apr 2021, 11:44:00 AM IST

  PM Modi holds meeting with CMs of states with high case burden

  PM Modi held a meeting with chief ministers of states which reported a high number of cases of Covid-19.

• 23 Apr 2021, 11:41:55 AM IST

  People dying due to lack of oxygen: CJI

  The SC is hearing a suo motu cognisance case on Covid-19 crisis.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:46:26 AM IST

  Rahul Gandhi blames government for oxygen shortage, lack of ICU beds

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a tweet blamed the govt for oxygen shortage and lack of ICU beds.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:40:37 AM IST

  China says willing to talk to India about its second wave of Covid-19

  China a day after it extended its help to India in its fight against Covid-19 surge said it is willing to talk to India about what it needs to fight the massive surge in coronavirus cases. Read more here.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:28:19 AM IST

  Max Hospitals rescinds order stopping all admissions at its hospitals in Delhi NCR

  Max healthcare has decided to not stop new admissions in its hospitals in Delhi NCR.

• 23 Apr 2021, 10:12:50 AM IST

  Max Healthcare suspends new admissions across all its hospitals in Delhi NCR

  Max Healthcare suspends new admissions across all its hospitals in Delhi NCR

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:54:58 AM IST

  Oxygen supplies reach Max Hospitals

  Max and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital which had reported medical oxygen shortage received 2 MT of emergency oxygen supply.

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:33:20 AM IST

  India records more than 3 lakh cases in last 24 hours

  

  India Covid-19 data: April 23 (MoHFW)

  India's death toll from Covid-19 also inched towards 187,000 with 2,263 deaths reported in last 24 hours.

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:28:11 AM IST

  Reliance industries rollout vaccination programme for employees

  Reliance Industries rollout vaccination programme for employees.

• 23 Apr 2021, 09:24:27 AM IST

  Indian Air Force aircrafts deployed to airlift oxygen containers

  Two IAF aircrafts were deployed to airlift and send oxygen containers to Panagarh.

• 23 Apr 2021, 08:37:33 AM IST

  Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital records 25 deaths in 24 hours

  Sir Ganga Ram Hospital's director said that oxygen needs to be airlifted urgently as the hospital reported 25 deaths in last 24 hours, news agency ANI reported. Read more here.

• 23 Apr 2021, 07:58:35 AM IST

  Extremely promising: UK registers drop in Covid-19 infections post vaccination

  The UK reported a drop of 65% in Covid-19 infections in adults of all ages after a dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccine was administered.

• 23 Apr 2021, 07:50:49 AM IST

  Maharashtra hospital fire toll rises to 13

  The death toll due to hospital fire in Virar rose to 13.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:49:05 AM IST

  Cuba Covid-19 tally rises due to South African virus variant

  The arrival of the contagious South African virus variant led to one of the worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic in Cuba as the country reported a record 1,207 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:42:59 AM IST

  Japan Covid-19 emergency measures to be announced in Tokyo, Osaka

  Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo could see restaurants, bars, and karaoke parlours serving alcohol close as the Suga govt is seeking a "short and powerful" state of emergency due to a surge in cases, Reuters reported.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:40:51 AM IST

  WHO's immunisation body call for more astrazeneca vaccine blood clot data from outside Europe

  WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) said that geographic variation was observed in people who received the AstraZeneca vaccine as more people from UK and EU reported the clotting. SAGE sought data from outside EU as well, AFP reported.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:38:01 AM IST

  12 dead in Maharashtra hospital fire

  12 patients were charred to death on early Friday morning in Vijay Vallabh Covid Care hospital in Virar West. The patients' identity could not be ascertained as they were charred beyond recognition. An eyewitness told HT that the hospital did not have any fire safety measures like water sprinklers and the few fire extinguishers that were there remained unused as the fire raged.

• 23 Apr 2021, 06:33:23 AM IST

  India's Covid-19 variant found in Belgium

  A group of Indian students who arrived from Paris tested positive for the Covid-19 variant contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India.