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#COVID19 #COVIDSecondWave

🦠 2,17,353 new cases
🚨 1,185 fatalities
😷 Active 15,69,743 cases

in the last 24 hours.
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#COVIDSecondWave | Kejriwal had earlier announced that he was not in favour of a lockdown to restrict the #COVID19 surge in Delhi, but would have no other option if hospitals started running out of beds.
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#COVIDSecondWave | The Gujarat High Court told the state government that it was not utilising its resources properly, and asked it to come out with an “open statement” on the “myths of remdesivir” in the treatment of #COVID19.
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#COVIDSecondWave | India’s strategy currently is focussed on micro-containment rather than a full lockdown to contain the #COVID19 surge, restricting local movement, but not the inter-state movement of persons and services.
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#COVIDSecondWave | Among CAPFs, the BSF has seen the highest number of cases in its ranks – from 59 active cases on March 23 to 1,820 cases reported on April 14. They were infected by #COVID19 in the last week in their training centres.
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#COVIDSecondWave | Double mutation of the #COVID19 virus has been recorded in 6% of samples tested, while the UK variants of the virus have been found in 5% of total samples sent by Madhya Pradesh.
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#COVIDSecondWave | Highlighting challenges in battling the #COVID19 infections in Maharashtra, CM Thackeray has requested PM Modi to “press in” the National Disaster Management Authority and make use of all options, including the airlift of medical oxygen.
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#COVIDSecondWave | The Uttarakhand govt. restricted gatherings at religious, social and political events to 200 people but exempted Kumbh Mela from it. This was given despite more than 1,700 people testing positive in the Kumbh Mela area.
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#COVIDSecondWave | The ongoing #COVID19 surge is taking a toll on children’s health with several hospitals reporting a sharp rise in the number of children between the age of one and five landing up in hospitals.
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