<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>India has recorded the highest single day spike yet in the last 24 hours, about 1761 deaths were reported by the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday morning. Breaching the 15.3 million mark, the country reported 259,170 fresh cases.</p> <p>This is the sixth day in a row that the country&rsquo;s daily infection caseload has surpassed 200,000.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #f80707;"><a style="color: #f80707;" href="https://ift.tt/2Q7WrvX Board Exams 2021: Class 10 Exams Cancelled &amp; Class 12 Postponed</a></span></strong></p> <article class="article-content live-blog"> <div class="articleBodyWrapper"> <div class="article-text-wrapper"> <div class="article-text"> <p>Reports of melting furnaces as crematoriums running non-stop, bodies piling up and smoke from continuously burning flesh creating another health risk for people around these places. Meanwhile, burial grounds are running out of spaces to bury the dead.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <p>Seeing the jump in cases, the Andhra Pradesh government declares closure of academic year 2020-21 and announces summer holidays for Classes 1 to 9 from today for all schools functioning under all managements.</p> <p>Meanwhile, noticing the 'struggling health care system' due to the fourth Covid wave, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced to impose a six-day lockdown across national capital starting Monday (April 19) 10 PM till next Monday (April 26), 5 AM. As per the issued order on restrictions during the lockdown, essential services, food services, medical services will continue. Weddings can be held with a gathering of only 50 people, passes will be issued separately for it.</p> <p>Even after the Allahabad High Court ordered an imposition of lockdown in Prayagraj, Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar and Gorakhpur. The Chief Minister's Office (CMO) Monday informed that there will not be any lockdown in the state.</p> <p>"There is no need to impose a complete lockdown. Weekend lockdowns will continue to curb the spread of Covid-19," CMO informed.</p>

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