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Another grim record, India reports 3.32L cases and 2,263 deaths
Also, India registered over 2,000 daily deaths for the third consecutive day with the highest spike in single-day deaths of 2,263 on Friday, since the Covid-19 pandemic early last year, taking the cumulative death toll in India to 1,86,920 so far.
Maharashtra Covid hospital blaze toll climbs to 13
The conflagration was noticed around 3.15 am in the ICU ward located on the second floor of the four-storeyed Vijay Vallabh hospital at Tirupati Nagar in Virar town. Fire-fighting teams and other agencies from the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation rushed to the spot and battled the blaze, the tentative cause of which is suspected to be a short-circuit.
Oxygen & ICU bed shortage causing deaths: Rahul Gandhi
The Country is reeling under acute oxygen shortage with critically ill patients require oxygen. Delhi is witnessing shortage of oxygen and around 25 Covid-19 patients have died in the last 24 hours in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, the hospital authority said on Friday.
Centre requests states to vaccinate bankers, insurers on priority
The Centre has also asked the state governments and UTs to have special arrangements to vaccinate other players in the financial services segment like the employees of National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), payment system providers/operators/vendors, cash logistic companies/cash-in-transit companies/ATM maintenance personnel, banking correspondents (BCs) and Customer Service Points (CSPs).
Who will it be in Kerala -- Chandy or Chennithala?
"Without doubt, 77 year old Chandy, the last of the pan Kerala popular political personality, on account of the way he carries himself and his vast experience, none can just discount Chennithala, who for the past five years has been doing yeoman service taking on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with ease," opined a media critic.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari tests positive for Covid-19
"An earlier Covid test conducted on April 19 had returned negative. Manoj Tiwari was supposed to travel to West Bengal for campaigning in the morning, but he got himself tested for Covid again on Wednesday evening after having body ache and irritation in throat. This report has returned positive," said Neelkant Bakshi, former head of BJP media relations in Delhi.
Delhi records highest-ever Covid-19 deaths, positivity rate at 36.24
As per the report, a total of 19,609 Covid infected patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery so far 8,51,537 in the national capital. With the latest deaths, Delhi's cumulative death toll rose to 13,193.
Modi announces US-India partnership to fight climate change
"Humanity is battling a global pandemic right now and this event is a timely reminder that the grave threat of climate change has not disappeared," he said at the Leaders Summit on Climate Change convened by President Joe Biden.
Mamata suspends all poll meetings citing EC order, Covid surge
"In the wake of an upsurge in Covid-19 cases across the country and the ECI order dated April 22, 2021, I am cancelling all my pre-scheduled meetings and we will reach out to the people virtually," Banerjee tweeted.
Oxygen stock running out as more critical Covid patients: Ganga Ram Hospital
Responding to an IANS query, the hospital administration said it had estimated that the current oxygen stock would be able to tide over till Friday morning, but an increase in critical Covid patients and the need of more oxygen beds prompted it to use more high flow oxygen which resulted in a shortage again.
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