March 28, 2024 15:49 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Delhi High Court rejects PIL seeking removal of Arvind Kejriwal as CM | MHA extends AFSPA in 3 districts of Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months | Encourage fair, transparent and legal process: US comments again on Kejriwal's arrest | India and China discuss border disengagement: EAM | Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discusses defence, trade while interacting with Malaysian leaders
Maharashtra reports over 55000 fresh Covid cases, hospitals face oxygen shortage Maharashtra
Image Credit: UNI

Maharashtra reports over 55000 fresh Covid cases, hospitals face oxygen shortage

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 06 Apr 2021, 11:50 pm

Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra recorded a whopping high fresh corornavirus surge with over 55,000 cases amid a scarcity of oxygen supplies in hospitals across the state.

State Health Minister Rajesh Tope reportedly spoke with his counterpart in the Centre, Harsh Vardhan, requesting him to let neighbouring states send oxygen cylinders to Maharashtra.

The surge in cases is happening even as weekend lockdown in Maharashtra is already in effect.

Mumbai alone reported record high cases at 10,030, the second-highest daily count so far, while 31 patients died due to the infection, the most in a day since October-end, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

The new cases took the cumulative tally in the financial capital to 4,72,332, while the death count jumped to 11,828, according to the city civic body data.

Besides Mumbai, Pune reported 11,040 cases and 34 deaths, Nashik 4,350 cases and 24 deaths, and Nagpur 3,753 cases and 35 deaths.

Several Bollywood celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar and Alia Bhatt have tested Covid-19 positive.

Earlier Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had requested the Centre to allow inoculation for all ages.

But the centre on Tuesday ruled out the possibility anytime soon saying it will first vaccinate priority groups and the most vulnerable ones.

A curfew from 8 pm to 7 am and a ban on a gathering of five or more throughout the day are already in effect in the state.

Malls, restaurants, bars and places of worship are closed during the weekend and only home delivery and essential services are allowed to run. Industrial operations and construction activity are allowed.
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.