The registration for the next phase of vaccination, which is open for all those above the age of 18, will begin today at 4 PM.
In the last 24 hours, India’s new Covid deaths hit an overwhelming peak with 3,293 people dying. In a global high, fresh Covid cases rose by over 3.6 lakh, pushing the total cases to over 1.79 crore. The second wave of the Covid pandemic has hit India like a “storm”, PM Modi acknowledged in his monthly Mann Ki Baat address.
For the seventh straight day, India has recorded over three lakh cases of Covid infection. The fresh deaths take total fatalities in India, the second worst-hit country in the world after the US, to 2,01,187.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra being the worst hit state across the country, recorded 895 new Covid-linked deaths and over 66,000 new cases.
After Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi have the most number of infections.
For the first time on Tuesday, Kerala, which reported India’s first coronavirus case last January, logged over 30,000 new infections.
Over the last 24 hours, 381 people died of Covid in Delhi, the highest ever for the capital. The number of fresh infections was 24,149, which took the number of active cases to over 98,000.
The registration for the next phase of vaccination, which is open for all those above the age of 18, will begin today at 4 PM. To get vaccinated in the next phase staring on May 2, citizens will first have to book slots online via the government’s Co-Win portal or the Aarogya Setu app.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a meeting with top officials to review the Covid situation and asked them to ensure rapid upgrading of health infrastructure.
As India grapples with the second wave of the pandemic, with hospitals overburdened with incoming patients, many countries including the US have come forward to extend a helping hand to India amid this crisis.
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