COVID Update: India Reports Highest Single-Day Spike with 3.32 Lakh cases

New Delhi- Yet again India breaks its previous day's record as it records the highest single-day spike 3.32 Lakh fresh cases of the novel coronavirus. 2,263 COVID-induced deaths have been reported from across the country taking the total tally of deaths so far to 1.86 Lakh. The number of active caseloads in the country amounts to 24.22 Lakh taking the total tally of caseload to 1.62 Crores. Read more

Today is the second straight day that India has reported more than 3 lakh cases, making it the second-worst coronavirus-affected country in the world, only after the United States of America which is the worst affected country. 

Due to this alarming surge of cases, the call for the supply of medical oxygen has intensified as the top hospitals in the country are making desperate calls for its supply for treating critical patients. The alarming spike in the cases is taking a massive toll on the resources of the medical facilities, as well as crematoriums that are running round the clock due to the overload of dead bodies. Read more 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled his visit to Bengal for the election campaign as he prioritized holding high-level meetings to review the current COVID-19 situation in the country. 

Maharashtra continues to be the worst-affected state reporting 67,013 fresh coronavirus cases on Thursday, taking the tally to over 40.94 lakh. After Maharashtra, the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are the worst affected coronavirus cases. 

The national capital of India witnessed the highest single-day spike in the number of COVID-19 deaths with 306 fatalities. 26,000 fresh cases were reported in Delhi.

Many countries are imposing a travel ban for travellers coming from India owing to the worsening condition of the coronavirus situation in the country. UAE suspended all flights from India while Canada will ban passenger flights from India for the next 30 days. 

Meanwhile, in Assam, as many as 1931 fresh COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Assam on Thursday (April 22) taking the total tally of cases to 2.31 lakh. Kamrup Metro continues to be the worst affected COVID district in the state with 680 new cases followed by Dibrugarh at 143, Kamrup Rural at 136 and Nagaon at 103. The positivity rate stands at 2.63%, and even though the positivity rate remains to be low, health officials said they are fearing fresh Covid cases may go up further if Covid protocol is not sincerely followed. 10 cases of fatalities were reported from the state with 3 from Kamrup Metro, 2 from Karbi Anglong and 1 each from Barpeta, Dibrugarh, Karimganj, Sonitpur and Tinsukia. 

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