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By India Today News Desk: At 1,890, India logged the highest number of daily Covid infections in the last 149 days. The active cases, too, have increased to 9,433, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The country recorded 2,208 cases in a single day on October 28 last year. The death toll has increased to 5,30,831 with seven deaths in the past 24 hours. While two deaths each were reported by Maharashtra and Gujarat in a span of 24 hours, three were reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,63,883, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry's website, 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive and 1,21,147 corona tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. GOVT MULLS NATIONWIDE DRILL TO TAKE STOCK OF HOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS Amid rising cases of Covid and seasonal influenza, the government is planning a nationwide mock drill on April 10 and 11 to take stock of hospital preparedness. According to a joint advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Saturday, both public and private health facilities in all districts are expected to participate in the exercise aimed at taking stock of the availability of medicines, hospital beds, medical equipment and medical oxygen. ALSO READ | The exact details of...

A healthcare worker takes swab sample of a woman in Mumbai on Saturday. (Express Photo: Amit Chakravarty) Mumbai Live News: Mumbai registered a dip in coronavirus cases for the third day running recording 13,648 cases on Monday. Total tests done on Monday were 59,242. The positivity rate on Monday stood at 23 per cent. Pune saw its biggest single-day jump during the third wave and recorded 6,464 new cases on Sunday. Mumbai reported 19,474 cases on Sunday, slightly less than 20,318 cases registered on Saturday. Across the state, 44,388 new cases were reported. Experts attributed the slight dip in cases in Mumbai to a small drop in testing on Sunday, unreported positive cases because of at-home antigen testing kits and backlog of RT-PCR test reports. Maharashtra on Sunday reported 207 new cases of the The complainant in the Sullibai app case received threats for lodging an FIR. The police have lodged a non-cognisable complaint under section 506 of the IPC after receiving a complaint from her. The police will be apprising the magistrate court about it. The cyber police investigate the matter to find out who called her and how they got her number. They will add sections to her FIR. The police also appealed to more victims to come forward and lodge FIRs. A cyber police official said two complainants contacted us saying they do not want to lodge complaints as their families will panic and not allow them to socialise and will restrict their movements. The Bombay High Court on Mon...

Mumbai News Updates: Thane Police commissioner, 2 other IPS officers transferred Mumbai on Monday reported the lowest number of new covid-19 cases in the last 47 days as 2,662 persons tested positive for the virus. On the other hand, 78 persons died due to the infection. The overall case count of the city now stands at 6,58,866 with 13,408 fatalities. At present, the metropolis has over 54,000 active cases. Bmc Commissioner Iqbal Chahal has urged citizens to come forward and get tested for covid. Maharashtra saw a drop in fresh cases and recorded 48,621 new infections on Monday. The number of active patients now stands at 6,63,758. Catch all the latest updates of Mumbai city here: Read Less An unidentified body of a man in his late 20s was found in Kalu river in Thane district's Kalyan area on Tuesday, police said.The corpse was packed in a gunny bag and was found in the Kunde village stretch of the river at around 5pm, after which a murder case was registered, a Kalyan taluka police station official said.The owner of a motorcycle found near the body has been identified and efforts were on the nab the killers, he added. Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) should investigate the "suspicious role" of former Mumbai Police commissioner Param Bir Singh in the Ambani bomb scare case and Mansukh Hiren death case.Speaking to reporters outside Nagpur airport, Deshmukh said that Singh's extortion allegations aga...

Highlights • Today, Maharashtra recorded 18,466 fresh Covid cases out of which 58% were from Mumbai. • From Mumbai's fresh cases, majority were asymptomatic. • Maharashtra today reported 75 new Omicron cases, that took the state's tally to 653. Maharashtra recorded 18,466 fresh Covid cases today, out of which 58.9% were reported from Mumbai alone. The city recorded 10,860 fresh Covid-19 cases, amid risks of the new Omicron variant looming large on the state. Additionally, 75 new Omicron cases were reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours. In Mumbai, fresh cases recorded today are 34% higher than those recorded yesterday (Monday). Out of the fresh cases, 9,665 were asymptomatic. The recovery rate stands at 92% in Mumbai, as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. 2 people succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours. Earlier today, Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Tuesday said if the daily COVID-19 cases here cross the 20,000-mark, a lockdown will be imposed in the city as per the Union government's rules. Talking to reporters at her office in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters, Pednekar suggested that citizens wear triple-layer masks while travelling in public buses and local trains. She also appealed to them to get vaccinated at the earliest and follow all COVID-19-related standard operating procedures (SOPs). In another important city Pune, 1,104 COVID19 cases have been reported today, taking the positivity rate to 18%, said Maharashtra Depu...

Premium Mumbai: 154% spike in cases among fully vaccinated hints at weak antibody Data sourced from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that while breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated beneficiaries stood at 15,565 between February 1 and November 7, the numbers jumped to 40,536 as on January 4, 2022 – 154 per cent rise in two months. In an indication of weakening of antibody response among the fully vaccinated over time and thereby a need for booster dose, fully vaccinated individuals in Mumbai showed a spike in fresh infections of over 150 per cent in the last couple of months. Data sourced from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that while breakthrough infections among fully vaccinated beneficiaries stood at 15,565 between February 1 and November 7, the numbers jumped to 40,536 as on January 4, 2022 – 154 per cent rise in two months. By comparison, breakthrough infections among the partially vaccinated individuals rose from 16,933 till November 7 to 18,356 on January 4, 2022, witnessing a rise of 8.4 per cent. Read | Thus, the infection rate among fully vaccinated was high at 0.5 per cent as against 0.18 per cent for partially vaccinated individuals for the 11-month period between February 1, 2021 and January 4, 2022. While 1.81 crore individuals were inoculated with at least one dose of vaccine against While 18,356 or 0.18 per cent of the partially vaccinated got infected with Covid-19, 40,536 fully vaccinated beneficiaries got in...

Amid rising Covid cases in the country, the national capital and its adjoining areas are emerging as a hotspot for the virus as Delhi alone recorded 24 deaths due to the infection in one week. On Sunday, Delhi logged 1,634 Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 29.68 per cent, according to data shared by the city government’s health department. India recorded 9,111 fresh cases on Monday, and the Active caseload currently stands at 60,313. According to the health ministry, there were 6,313 recoveries in the last 24 hours, which took the total Recoveries to 4,42,35,772. On the other hand, Maharashtra on Sunday recorded 650 fresh coronavirus infections and two fatalities, taking the tally of cases to 81,55,839 and the toll to 1,48,479, the state health department said. Here are key Covid-related updates: • The cases recorded on Monday (9,111) were 9.7% lower than Sunday, when the country saw 10,093 new coronavirus infections. • Apart from registering 24 deaths in seven days, which is the highest in the country, Delhi’s seven-day count of cases reached 8,599 on Sunday, a Times of India report said. Three fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 26,563, and of the latest fatalities, Covid-19 was the primary cause of death in one of the cases, a PTI report said. • Of the 650 fresh Covid cases seen in Maharashtra, 28% were from Mumbai alone, as the city recorded 182 cases in a span of 24 hours. A day before, the state had recorded 660 cases and two deaths due to the infection....

New Delhi: India recorded 33,750 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, 22 per cent higher than yesterday, while 123 people died due to the virus in a day. The number of cases of fast-spreading Omicron variant has risen to 1,700, with Maharashtra reporting the most number of infections. The active case count of India stands at 1,45,582. A total of 10,846 recoveries in the last 24 hours took the overall recovery number to 3,42,95,407. India had reported 27,553 infections on Sunday and 284 deaths due to the virus. Meanwhile, vaccination opened for teens in the 15 to 18 age group from today amid a surge of Covid cases in multiple cities. Over 40lakh teens received their first dose on day 1 of the programme.The vaccination programme - carried out in consultation with schools - is being held at hospitals and health centres.Those born in 2007 and before are eligible for the vaccine. Here are the Highlights on Coronavirus cases in India: "Heads of Schools shall daily upload the status of vaccinated school students on Google Tracker by 4 pm without fail. Class teachers must ensure that parents are informed to take their children to the nearest vaccination site earmarked for vaccination of children between 15 to 18 years of age," the Directorate of Education (DoE) said in an order. Mr Pandey, 65, who is a BJP MP from Chandauli constituency, had earlier also tested positive for the coronavirus. "'I was unwell for the last two days due to which I underwent the COVID test and the re...

New Delhi: India has recorded 92 fresh coronavirus infections while the active cases have decreased to 2,350, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death count has remained at 5,31,891, the data updated at 8 am stated. The fresh cases mark the lowest since February 14 when the country had reported 74 cases in a day.