Latest News Live Updates: India Sees Over 1.15 Lakh New Covid Cases, Biggest Rise So Far

Latest News Live Updates: Covid vaccination can be held at workplaces that have around 100 eligible and willing beneficiaries, the Centre decided today to increase accessibility to the vaccine amid an explosive surge in infection.

Latest News Live Updates: India Sees Over 1.15 Lakh New Covid Cases, Biggest Rise So Far

Latest News Live Updates: The recovery rate is 92.11 per cent.

New Delhi:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS in Delhi today, and asked those eligible for the shot to take it soon to defeat the virus. "Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today. Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon. Register on CoWin.gov.in," he tweeted.

Meanwhile, Covid vaccination can be held at workplaces that have around 100 eligible and willing beneficiaries, the Centre decided today to increase accessibility to the vaccine amid an explosive surge in infection. The programme will be launched on April 11 and states and Union Territories have been asked to make adequate preparations.

India recorded over 1.15 lakh new Covid cases in the last 24 hours for first time since the beginning of the pandemic, setting an unprecedented, grim record during the second wave. The government said the next four weeks are "very, very critical".

The 1,15,736 new infections have taken the country's total cases to over 1.28 crore. 630 deaths in the last 24 hours have pushed the total coronavirus death count in India to 1,66,177. India is the world's third worst-hit country after the United States and Brazil.

Here are the Latest News Live Updates:

Apr 08, 2021 08:48 (IST)
New Zealand PM Suspends Entry Of Travellers From India Amid Covid Surge
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from that country.

The suspension will start from 1600 local time on April 11 and will be in place until April 28, Ardern said in a news conference. During this time the government will look at risk management measures to resume travel.

Apr 08, 2021 08:32 (IST)
COVID-19: Night curfew in Prayagraj

Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, a night curfew has been imposed from 10 pm to 8 am in the district from Thursday till further notice.

The District Magistrate informed that essential services will be exempted from the curfew.

In view of rising cases of COVID-19, a night curfew has also been imposed in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi with effect from Thursday night.

Uttar Pradesh has reported 4,689 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday taking the total number of active cases in the state to 27,509. The death toll in Uttar Pradesh stands at 8,924 with 30 deaths on Wednesday. 


Apr 08, 2021 08:10 (IST)
Apr 08, 2021 07:40 (IST)
Update| 14 new COVID-19 cases reported in Mizoram in the last 24 hours; case tally at 4,522, active cases at 14.
Apr 08, 2021 07:40 (IST)
Update| More than 9 crore COVID19 vaccine doses administered, till now: Ministry of Health
Apr 08, 2021 07:38 (IST)
During COVID-19 pandemic, India's debt to GDP ratio increased from 74 per cent to 90 per cent: IMF

India's debt to GDP ratio increased from 74 per cent to 90 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Monetary Fund has said, noting that it expects this to drop down to 80 per cent as a result of the country's economic recovery.

Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director, IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department told reporters at a news conference here on Wednesday, "In the case of India, the debt ratio at the end of 2019, prior to the pandemic, was 74 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and at the end of 2020, it is almost 90 per cent of GDP. So, that's a very large increase, but it is something that other emerging markets and advanced economies have experienced as well."

"And, for the case of India going forward, in our baseline forecast, we expect that the debt ratio will gradually come down as the economy recovers. In our baseline forecast under the assumption of healthy economic growth in the medium term, we see debt returning to about 80 per cent over time," Mauro said.

Apr 08, 2021 07:34 (IST)
JustIn| PM Modi gets second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS; "If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon," he says.

'If Eligible, Get Your Shot Soon': PM Gets Covid Vaccine's Second Dose
Apr 08, 2021 07:05 (IST)
Maharashtra's Satara Stops Vaccination, 3 Days' Supply Left In State
Vaccination was stopped in Maharashtra's Satara - late Wednesday night - after district authorities ran out of doses, according to Vinay Gouda, the Chief Executive Officer of the Satara Zilla Parishad.

So far around 2.6 lakh people over the age of 45 in Satara have received at least one dose each.

This comes hours after state Health Minister Rajesh Tope flagged the issue of fast-depleting stocks across the state - he said this would happen within three days - and asked the centre for help.
Apr 08, 2021 06:01 (IST)
Mumbai Reports 10,428 Covid Cases, 23 Deaths In A Day
Mumbai has logged 10,428 coronavirus cases and 23 deaths in a day amid a massive Covid surge in Maharashtra. The city had reported 10,030 cases and 31 deaths yesterday.

6,007 people were discharged in the last 24 hours, Mumbai's municipal body said in a statement.

51,263 people were tested for the virus in a day.

As of now, the city's recovery rate stands at 80 per cent and its doubling rate is 35 days.

The city has reported over 10,000 daily cases on several days this month. Its highest single day spike was recorded on Sunday with 11,163 cases.
Apr 08, 2021 06:00 (IST)
Odisha reports 791 new COVID-19 cases, inoculation drive halted in many centres due to shortage of vaccine
Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 3,44,647 on Wednesday as it reported 791 new cases, the highest spike this year, even as the state government halted inoculation drive in 700 centres due to shortage of vaccines and moved the Centre seeking immediate supply of 25 lakh Covishield doses.

The COVID-19 death count climbed to 1,923 as one more person succumbed to the disease in Puri district, an official said.

"Due to shortage of vaccine, we have to close nearly 700 vaccination centres in the state (out of over 1400 functional sites). Only 755 could be made active today," Odisha's Health and Family Welfare Minister N K Das said in a letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan.