Coronavirus India Live Updates: Over 59k new circumstances, 257 deaths; Maharashtra units one-day report of 35,952 infections

Covid circumstances on upswing: States impose restrictions on festivities, give attention to testing & vaccination drive
India added over one lakh coronavirus infections in simply two days because the second wave of the virus grew stronger in large cities and states. Considering this, the states of Gujarat, Karnataka, and Rajasthan in the present day positioned restrictions on public gathering for the upcoming festivals within the respective states.
Mumbai, registering report virus circumstances every day, has deliberate to extend the mattress capability in hospitals moreover ramping up testing and vaccination efforts within the metropolis.
First time since November, every day circumstances surge previous 50,000 in 24 hours
For the primary time within the final 4 months, India on Thursday morning reported greater than 50,000 contemporary circumstances of Covid-19 an infection in a 24-hour window.
Daily deaths continued to surge: after reporting 275 deaths on Wednesday, the nation reported 251 deaths on Thursday morning.
With a number of states reporting main surges in every day new circumstances, India’s complete energetic caseload is now 3.95 lakh, the Union Health Ministry mentioned on Thursday. A complete of 53,476 contemporary circumstances have been reported within the earlier 24 hours, the Ministry mentioned.
Pune Municipal Corporation scrambles to comprise rising circumstances with new measures: 24-hr vaccination centres, 50,000 doses a day
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is aiming to scale up its vaccination drive quickly and administer 50,000 doses day-after-day to inoculate the utmost variety of native residents. It additionally plans to begin 24-hour vaccination centres in 5 locations throughout the town, the place the variety of energetic Covid-19 circumstances is over 49,000.
“The PMC is aiming to vaccinate 20,000 local residents on Thursday. We want to take the number of people vaccinated every day to 50,000 in next few days by increasing number of vaccination centres,” mentioned Additional Municipal Commissioner Rubal Agarwal.