Covid-19 has infected over 3.86 lakh more people in India in yet another worrying daily high & killed 3,498 in the last 24 hours. The record number comes even as a huge international aid operation has been launched with many countries promising help. On April 30, a US military plane brought the first emergency Covid-19 supplies from America to help India battle its devastating surge in the pandemic. The total number of deaths has increased to 2,08,330 after the one-day spike. This is the ninth straight day of over three lakh new cases in the country. India's tally of more than 1.87 crore Covid-19 cases is the second-highest globally, behind the United States & ahead of Brazil. Maharashtra reported 66,159 new cases & 771 deaths on April 29. Mumbai civic body (BMC) has cited vaccine shortage and said it is stopping vaccination for three days starting April 30. After Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & Delhi have the highest number of infections. Delhi once again reported its highest ever deaths in a day due to the virus. 395 Covid-19 patients died & 24,235 new infections were reported in the last 24 hours in the capital, according to government data.
