Updated: April 22, 2021 11:57 PM IST 
Coronavirus in India, April 22, 2021 Updates: India’s coronavirus cases have reached a grim new height as the single-day caseload breached the 3-lakh mark on Thursday, the world’s highest single-day spike in the last 24 hours. The Delhi High Court rapped Centre in an 8 PM special hearing yesterday after the capital’s Max hospital in Patparganj said it nearly ran out of oxygen supply. Several other hospitals in Delhi – including Indraprastha Apollo, Sri Ganga Ram and St. Stephen’s Hospital – were also left with just hours of oxygen. Delhi High Court directed Centre to immediately take over the production of oxygen from steel and petroleum plants to supply for medical use. Meanwhile, the Maharashtra government imposed stricter restrictions to contain the spiralling COVID-19 cases in the state. However, it ruled out the possibility of a total lockdown and allowed the functioning of public transport, including the local trains.
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Jharkhand Announces Free Vaccination For All Adults: Free vaccination will be provided to all above the age of 18 years by the state government, says Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren.
Shanti Mukand Hospital gets oxygen: A team from Anand Vihar Police Station has saved lives of around 110 critical COVID patients by providing 2,300 kg of liquified oxygen to Karkardooma’s Shanti Mukand Hospital from oxygen firm Inox: Alok Kumar, Joint CP Eastern Range, Delhi Police.
Delhi tally update: Delhi reports 26,169 new COVID-19 cases, 306 deaths and 19,609 recoveries in the last 24 hours.
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi Left With 5 Hours of Oxygen: At 8 pm, oxygen in store is for 5 hours for peripheral use till 1 am and lesser for high flow use. There are 510 COVID-19 patients admitted with 142 patients on high flow oxygen support. We are in dire need of oxygen supplies, says official from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.
Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued new directives regarding supply & allocation of oxygen supply across Delhi
Allocation & O2 supply to all health establishments will be strictly regulated as per allocation orders issued by Govt from time to time#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/xBbCU48JUO
— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2021
1500 Delhi cops tested COVID positive in 2nd wave: Around 1,500 personnel of Delhi Police force have tested positive so far amid the prevailing second wave of COVID-19: Delhi Police.
Maharashtra reports 67,013 new #COVID19 cases, 62,298 recoveries and 568 deaths in the last 24 hours
Total cases: 40,94,840
Active cases: 6,99,858
Total recoveries: 33,30,747 pic.twitter.com/TcOkDzEvm4— ANI (@ANI) April 22, 2021
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