Coronavirus India April 21 Highlights: 2.95 lakh Covid-19 instances in document surge

India detected 2.95 lakh instances of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday, the very best every day enhance recorded within the pandemic thus far. The nation additionally counted 2,023 deaths on the identical day, one other document. India’s Covid-19 tally of 1,56,16,130 instances consists of 21,57,538 energetic instances, 1,32,76,039 recoveries and 1,82,553 deaths.
Here’s the highest Covid-19 information in India on April 21:

Hours after a number of Covid-19 hospitals in Delhi flagged a scarcity of oxygen, lots of them obtained recent provide late Tuesday night time. The Delhi authorities had on Tuesday requested the Centre to instantly present oxygen to the hospitals as lots of them had been left with solely 8-10 hours of provide.
Sri Ganga, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) and Lok Nayak hospitals had been few who had issued an SOS on Tuesday, saying they’d solely hours of oxygen provide left.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands seal vacationer spots, impose night time curfew
Tourist spots and cinema halls within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands will stay closed for a month from April 22, the administration stated Wednesday. Night curfew has been prolonged, and can now be imposed from 9 pm to five am from tonight. The new instructions come amid a spike in Covid-19 instances on the islands; a number of vacationers have been detected with the an infection. At least 45 individuals examined constructive on the islands on Tuesday, taking the tally to five,466.
Members of the Great Andamanese tribe, employed within the administration in Port Blair, have been allowed to return to their hometowns after they take a look at destructive for Covid-19, reported PTI.
Workers are seen sorting oxygen cylinders which are getting used for Covid-19 coronavirus sufferers earlier than dispatching them to hospitals at a facility in Allahabad on April 20, 2021. (Express Photo: Ritesh Shukla)
Air India stops flights between India and UK until April 30
Air India has launched an announcement saying its flights between India and the UK have been cancelled from April 24 to 30 in view of the current restrictions by the UK. Once restrictions are lifted, flights will resume from Delhi and Mumbai as deliberate, the airline firm stated.
“Passengers who were to travel between India and the UK, may kindly note that in view of recent restrictions announced by UK, flts from/to UK stand cancelled from 24th to 30th April ’21. Further updates regarding rescheduling, refunds & waivers will be informed shortly. Post uplift of restrictions, flights schedule from Delhi & Mumbai to UK are being planned. Information regarding this will also be updated on our Website and Social Media Channels,” Air India stated.
Migrants begin leaving Ludhiana in massive numbers, on April 20, 2021. (Express Photo: Gurmeet Singh)

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan has introduced an entire lockdown within the Union Territory from April 23 night time to April 26 morning. The lockdown is imposed aside from the night time curfew the UT has been following since yesterday. Restaurants, meals courts, and tea retailers have been permitted to function until 8 pm with 50 per cent capability and take away is allowed until 10 pm.
Mumbai: 38 ladies lodged in Byculla jail take a look at Covid-19 constructive
At least 38 ladies lodged in Byculla ladies’s jail in Mumbai have examined constructive for Covid-19. Officials stated the ladies had been Wednesday moved to a close-by college, which has been arrange as a short lived jail. Maharashtra prisons have seen a surge in coronavirus instances since April with energetic instances seen in at the very least 25 jails thus far.