At 2,17,353 new Covid cases & 1,185 deaths, India reports highest ever single-day spike

India on Friday recorded as many as 2,17,353 new Covid-19 cases along with 1,185 more virus-related deaths, in a span of 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry. With this, the confirmed Covid cases tally stands at 1,42,91,917. This is the second straight day that the country recorded over 2 lakh new cases and the sixth straight day of over 1.5 lakh daily cases.

Registering a steady increase for the 37th day in a row, the active cases have increased to 15,69,743, comprising 10.98 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate dropped to 87.80 per cent. The active caseload was at its lowest at 1,35,926 on February 12 and it was at its highest at 10,17,754 on September 18, 2020. With 1,185 more people succumbed to the infection, the death toll stands at 1,74,308. A total of 11,72,23,509 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across the country.

According to the ICMR, 26,34,76,625 samples have been tested up to April 15 with 14,73,210 samples being tested on Thursday.

Maharashtra remains the country's worst-hit state, which reported 61,695 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally to 36,39,855, while 349 new fatalities pushed the death count to 59,153. Maharashtra is followed by the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in terms of the total caseload. On Thursday, Delhi saw 16,699 fresh cases.

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Amid the rising Covid-19 cases, several states have imposed a weekend curfew, night curfew. Rajasthan will see a weekend curfew for this week from 6 pm Friday to 5 am on Monday. Night curfew is already in place across the state.

A weekend curfew will begin in Delhi from 10 pm on Friday and continue till 6 am on Monday morning. Also, Uttar Pradesh will see a night curfew in several cities including Lucknow, Prayagraj, Varanasi, Kanpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Gorakhpur districts from 8 pm to 7 am. A 15-day 'Janata curfew' is already in place in Maharashtra

Amid the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, several states have witnessed a shortage of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir and oxygen cylinder. The centre is taking various steps to ensure easy access of Remdesivir and oxygen cylinder to patients and hospitals and for that matter, it has prohibited exports of Remdesivir injection and Remdesivir active pharmaceutical ingredients till the COVID situation in the country improves.

Look At State-wise COVID-19 Status

S. No.	Name of State / UT	Active Cases*	Cured/Discharged/Migrated*	Deaths**
S. No.	Name of State / UT	Total	Cumulative	Cumulative
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	106	5078	63
2	Andhra Pradesh	28383	901327	7339
3	Arunachal Pradesh	64	16792	56
4	Assam	4547	216199	1122
5	Bihar	23725	269795	1651
6	Chandigarh	3371	28210	404
7	Chhattisgarh	118636	362301	5307
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	662	3756	2
9	Delhi	50736	705162	11540
10	Goa	5112	57846	857
11	Gujarat	39250	323371	4995
12	Haryana	27421	299205	3316
13	Himachal Pradesh	6929	64242	1148
14	Jammu and Kashmir	9390	130304	2042
15	Jharkhand	18524	127976	1292
16	Karnataka	85499	996367	13046
17	Kerala	58564	1125775	4836
18	Ladakh	1051	10095	132
19	Lakshadweep	98	746	1
20	Madhya Pradesh	49551	309489	4312
21	Maharashtra	613635	2905721	58804
22	Manipur	133	29052	376
23	Meghalaya	363	13971	151
24	Mizoram	240	4470	12
25	Nagaland	84	12263	93
26	Odisha	11687	341733	1933
27	Puducherry	3032	41719	698
28	Punjab	28250	246583	7672
29	Rajasthan	44905	333379	3008
30	Sikkim	193	6127	136
31	Tamil Nadu	54315	887663	12970
32	Telengana	27861	308396	1788
33	Tripura	334	33143	394
34	Uttarakhand	10770	101461	1793
35	Uttar Pradesh	111835	622810	9376
36	West Bengal	32621	587037	10458
Total#		1471877	12429564	173123