Coronavirus India Live Updates: 3.79 lakh new Covid-19 circumstances, 3,645 deaths

Relatives mourn the demise of a Covid affected person exterior Civil Hospital in Asarwa, Ahmedabad.
The Centre has mentioned 1 lakh moveable oxygen concentrators can be procured from PM CARES Fund on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s course to acquire them on the earliest and supply to states with excessive case burden.
Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla Wednesday mentioned his agency has determined to scale back the worth of its anti-coronavirus vaccine, Covishield, to the states from Rs 400 to Rs 300 per dose as a “philanthropic gesture”. The pharma big has acquired flak over its totally different pricing of Covishield for the Centre and states, with many state governments calling for equal pricing of the vaccine. The Centre will get Covishield at Rs 150 per dose from SII.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope Wednesday mentioned the Covid-induced restrictions within the state shall be prolonged by one other 15 days. The restrictions have been to finish on April 30. The state authorities additionally declared that it’ll present free Covid vaccination to all residents aged between 18-44.
The registration for Covid vaccination for all above 18 years of age started on Co-WIN portal and Aarogya Setu app from 4 pm Wednesday. However, excessive consumer visitors resulted in each the platforms crashing for a short interval. Both the platforms are working high-quality now.
India, within the final 24 hours, recorded 3,60,960 contemporary Covid-19 circumstances and three,293 deaths, which is the very best within the nation to this point. With right this moment’s numbers, the full variety of coronavirus circumstances rose to 1,79,97,267 and the variety of fatalities reached 2,01,187. At current, there are 29,78,709 energetic circumstances in India and as many as 1,48,17,371 individuals have recovered.