Delhi: India has become the third worst hit country after the US and Brazil after the total number of cases since the first recorded infect...
Delhi: India has become the third worst hit country after the US and Brazil after the total number of cases since the first recorded infection in India in January last year now stands at over 1.29 crore with 1,26,789 cases being recorded over the past 24 hours.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, took the second dose of the Covid . vaccine at AIIMS Delhi on Thursday. He tweeted: "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."
The Prime Minister has also called a meeting with all state chief ministers to discuss the measures to control the Covid crisis.
In many parts of Maharashtra vaccination was halted last evening, reportedly due to the unavailability of doses. Satara and Panvel are among the districts that paused vaccinations. Pune shut down over 100 vaccination centres because of shortage.
However the Centre came down heavily on the reports with the Union Heath Minister, Harsh Vardhan pointing out that "there is no shortage" of vaccines. The states are given vaccines on the basis of their requirement and the stocks are continuously replenished."
In terms of the total caseload, Maharashtra is followed by Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Night curfew has been imposed in Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi and Prayagraj due to the rising number of Covid cases in the country's most populated state. Uttar Pradesh logged in 6,002 new cases, pushing its total caseload to over 6.45 lakh.
Punjab has declared a series of restrictions including night curfew across the whole state, up from the earlier 12 districts. The state recorded 2,963 fresh Covid-19 cases that has taken the infection tally to beyond 2.6 lakh.
With over 29.79 lakh vaccinations being done in the last 24 hours the total number of vaccine doses administered so far is more than nine crore.
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