Coronavirus India Live Updates: The Centre on Wednesday allowed Covid-19 vaccination at public, private workplaces having about 100 eligible beneficiaries from April 11.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka government on Wednesday imposed Section 144 of CrPC in city limits in the wake of a rise in Covid-19 cases in the neighbouring state. The administration has also prohibited the use of swimming pools, gyms, party halls in residential complexes in the limit of Bengaluru city.
India detected 115,736 cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest daily increase so far. Nearly 55,000 cases were detected in Maharashtra, while Chhattisgarh scaled a new peak of 9,921 cases. Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi reported more than 5,000 cases each.
Of India’s total Covid-19 caseload (1,28,01,785), there are now 8,43,473 active cases. At least 630 deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking the toll to 1,66,177. About a half of these were from Maharashtra. Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka were the other states which reported a large number of deaths.
In other news, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has said the state was running short of vaccines and is likely to exhaust its stock in three days. Tope urged the Centre to allot more doses to the state, and also appealed for universal vaccination.
