Delhi/Hyderabad, April 21 (Hydnow): India records 11,692 new covid-19 cases along with no deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
According to the Union Health Ministry, the country’s active cases increased to 66,170 which was 65,286 yesterday. Presently recovery rate stands at 98.68 percent with 0.15 percent of active cases, the Health Ministry stated further in its release.
Further, 10,780 recoveries in the last 24 hours to the overall count of people cured of the infection to 4,42,72,256, the bulletin stated, adding that the overall recovery rate is currently at 98.67 percent.
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Under the nationwide Vaccination Drive, India has so far administered 220,66,31,979 crore Covid vaccine doses (95.21 crore second doses and 22.87 crore precautionary doses), of which 3,647 doses were administered in the last 24 hours. (Hydnow)
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.