- India becomes the fastest country in the world to administer 17 crore COVID vaccine doses.
- Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar says Centre rigorously monitored and took swift measures in response to the COVID surge in the country.
- Centre provides nearly 18 crore vaccine doses to States and Union Territories free of cost so far.
- Country registers more than three lakh recoveries daily during the past many days; Recovery rate further improves to 82.38 per cent.
- Haryana Government extends lockdown upto 17th of May in the state.
- In Karnataka and Rajasthan 14 day-lockdown begins.
- In Mizoram, seven-day-long statewide total lockdown to control the surge of COVID cases begins.
- In Maharashtra, Nashik district registers significant decline in malnourishment cases amidst COVID pandemic.
- Himanta Biswa Sarma sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Assam along with 13 ministers.
- In West Bengal, 43 ministers sworn in at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata .
- The fate of Olympics hangs in balance as Japan extends a state of COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo.