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At least 18 coronavirus patients died after a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch in the early hours on Saturday. Gut-wrenching visuals of the tragedy showed remains of some patients roasted alive on stretchers and beds. There were around 50 other patients at the four- storeyed Welfare Hospital when the fire broke out in the Covid-19 ward at 1 am. They were rescued by locals and firefighters, an official said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PCzr7R

A 33-year-old woman died outside the Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) on Thursday while her friend and landlord kept looking for a bed to admit her. She had Covid-like symptoms but had not got herself tested. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Sh1WsS

Delhi recorded 375 Covid-19 deaths on Friday, taking the total toll due to the disease in the national capital to 16,147, the second highest in the country after Maharashtra where 68,183 people have succumbed to the infection since the beginning of the pandemic. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gSWV44

“The state has failed in its fundamental obligation to protect the basic fundamental right, that is, right to life under Article 21,” said an anguished Delhi high court, which was informed on Friday about the passing away of a man, on whose behalf an ICU bed was being sought before it for the past few days. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vymJXb

The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Friday that though adequate stock of oxygen was available to meet the demand caused by a resurgent Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Delhi was facing a scarcity as the AAP government was unable to lift its allocated share owing to transportation issues. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/334LgXO

At least three top private hospital chains in Delhi-NCR — Max, Fortis and Apollo — have said they will start vaccination against Covid-19 for those aged 18 years and above from Saturday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nJLuwY

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Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that Maharashtra will begin the Covid-19 vaccination campaign for the 18-44 age-group from Saturday, May 1, on the occasion of Maharashtra Day. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nAsUam

Gains from the lockdown-like curbs are beginning to show, though only in Mumbai and a couple of other districts. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3e4KxMi

April ended on a worrying note for Maharashtra with 17.8 lakh new Covid-19 cases and 13,835 deaths, highest monthly addition so far. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/331keAx

Even as Mumbai's positivity rate has started to slide, high number of deaths in April has become a cause for concern. In absolute numbers, fatalities have increased nearly 200%—from 166 in the first week of April to 490 in the last week. Compared to March (215), there is a near seven-fold rise in April (1479). from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aUxDhX

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In a fresh petition before Bombay high court, former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh has challenged two orders passed by the state on April 1 and April 20 directing a preliminary inquiry by DGP Sanjay Pandey and an inquiry into allegations made by a police inspector against him. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2PzJzyb

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Desperate to get a bed for a relative who tested positive recently, Ashish Kumar repeatedly called up the Ghaziabad Covid control room. But no one responded. “The administration has floated dozens of phone numbers of officials and those in-charge of various facilities and supplies. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nGTD5i

India on Friday posted a record daily rise of over 3.86 lakh new Covid-19 cases and continued to post over 3,000 deaths for the third consecutive day, as per Union health ministry data updated at 8 am. The death jumped by 3,498 over the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 2,08,330. With 386,452 new cases, India's tally of total Covid-19 cases now stands at 1,87,62,976. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eFvI21

Former attorney general and legal luminary Soli J Sorabjee passed away on Friday. He was 91-years-old and is survived by wife, a daughter and two sons. Sorabjee and his wife had tested positive for Covid-19 some days back, sources said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vv6A4F

Given India’s growing strategic importance, its wave of infections risks not only the fledgling recovery in Asia’s third-largest economy, but attempts to tamp down Covid-19 and recuperate globally. The nation is now the main hotspot of the pandemic, despite being home to the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nxD2AC

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The third phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive, which will allow people in the 18-44 age group to get inoculated, is slated to begin on Saturday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3u9pRsb

The daily toll of coronavirus in Delhi touched 395 on Thursday, the highest till date. It means 16 people died in the city in every one hour a day before. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ubBqiM

The Covid-19 pandemic hit an alarming new high in the city on Thursday when it recorded more than 5,000 new cases in a day for the first time. At 5,042, Gurugramadded almost 1,000 more cases than Mumbai, which registered 4,174 new infections on Thursday. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gTqXV8

The high court on Thursday directed Delhi Police not to seize Covid-19 resources, including oxygen cylinders and essential medicines, from patients and their attendants because they were procuring the items out of “desperation and need”. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R8nSFW

The home ministry on Thursday bluntly reminded the Arvind Kejriwal government in Delhi that it remains fully accountable and in charge of health and other departments, which as per the Constitution lie in the domain of the state government, and that the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Act, 2021, in no way changes the arrangement stipulated by the statute. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xCVY5w

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Consider imposing for at least 15 days a “lockdown like last year” to curb the spread of Covid-19, the Bombay high court told the state government on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Sjbfsp

The BMC on Thursday halted Covid-19 vaccination in the city for three days, from Friday to Sunday, due to unavailability of doses. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vuQ04V

A day after adding nearly 1,000 deaths, the state reported a dip in deaths and added 771 Covid-19 fatalities. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xyA5EH

Observing that patients’ safety was of paramount consideration, the Bombay high court on Thursday directed the state and municipal corporations to conduct an immediate fire safety audit of all private hospitals. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Sf7STb

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Daily testing for Covid-19 in Delhi has reduced by nearly 27% over the past two weeks. This, even as the positivity rate is around 32%, meaning every third person getting tested in the city is turning positive. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vyp2tr

Innumerable Delhiites in the 18-45 year age group complained of massive technical glitches while registering for Covid-19 vaccination on the government’s Co-Win portal and the Aarogya Setu mobile application. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dYgRAq

The Government of NCT of Delhi (Amendment) Act, notified by the Centre on Tuesday, significantly changes the functioning of the government in Delhi that’s reeling under a Covid apocalypse and mounting deaths. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3u47Lrp

“How many states are facing the kind of (oxygen) shortage Delhi is facing? People will keep dying and you will not do anything?” This is how an anguished Delhi high court bench questioned the Centre on Wednesday, observing that Delhi hadn’t received its allocated quantity of medical oxygen for a single day. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QydHuy

Ten days ago, Naresh (name changed) tested positive for Covid-19. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3tauWzn

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While Covid-19 cases appear to have stabilised in Maharashtra, fatalities continue to rise alarmingly. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/2R2dcZr

Two days after the NCP announced the state government’s decision to vaccinate everyone in the 18-44 age group free of cost at civic and government centres, the MVA government made it official on Wednesday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nx71Zm

The state cabinet on Wednesday unanimously decided to extend the lockdownlike restrictions in Maharashtra for another fortnight, that is, from May 1 to 15, after the current fortnight of curbs ends at the end of this month. The decision came on a day the state recorded 985 Covid deaths, its highest daily toll since the start of the pandemic. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3gK7eaj

Citing an acute shortage of Covid-19 vaccines in the city, the civic body on Wednesday requested that only those due for their second doses should approach the centres on Thursday. from Mumbai News: Latest Mumbai News Headlines & Coronavirus News Updates from Mumbai - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aOR3ot

An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter scale struck Assam's Sonitpur in the early hours of Thursday morning, said the National Center for Seismology. This is the sixth earthquake that occurred in Sonitpur on Thursday after 12.00 am. According to the NCS, the quake occurred at 2:38 am. The epicentre of the quake was 38 kilometres West-Northwest of Tezpur at a depth of 11 kilometres. Earlier today, earthquakes of magnitude 2.6, 2.9, 4.6, 2.7, and 2.3 on the Richter Scale had hit Sonitpur at 12.24 am, 1.10 am, 1.20 am, 1.41 am and 1.52 am respectively. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3dYST88

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The Supreme Court batted strongly for more systemic protection to disabled and caste oppressed women and said they lived under a constant threat of violence, both physical and sexual, that curtailed their constitutionally guaranteed right to lead a full and active life. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/330xiWN

On Tuesday morning, Gupta Hospital in Vivek Vihar sent an SOS that it had oxygen only for two more hours. Batra Hospital and Indian Spinal Injuries Institute too complained of inconsistent gas supply. Clearly, oxygen supplies for city hospitals are yet to be streamlined despite the crisis having created a national hubbub. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xtH8hH

The Delhi high court on Tuesday pulled up the Delhi government for not being able to address the issue of hoarding and black marketing of Covid-19 resources in the capital. from Delhi News: Latest Delhi News Headlines & Live Updates from Delhi - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nsWvCL