Coronavirus case, India: more than 7,000 patients have died so far.
New Delhi:
The number of coronaviruses in India soared to 276,583 this morning with 9,985 new patients registered in the past 24 hours, the number of those who recovered having exceeded active cases of COVID-19 in the country for the first time. To date, 1,35,206 patients have recovered; almost 1.33 lakh are still on treatment for this highly contagious disease. Out of the total number of cases reported since the start of the pandemic, 7,745 patients have died; 279 patients have died in the past 24 hours. The country ranks fifth in the world in terms of COVID-19 cases, after the United States, Brazil, Russia and the United Kingdom. It is the eighth consecutive day that India has recorded more than 9,000 cases in a single day.
Here are the top 10 developments on coronavirus cases in India:
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There has been no community transmission in Maharashtra, the country’s largest coronavirus hotspot, said State Health Minister Rajesh Tope. The state has 90,000 cases, far ahead of 84,000 cases in China, where the pandemic started in the city of Wuhan in December.
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Mumbai, the country’s financial, artistic and entertainment capital, encountered 51,000 cases of coronavirus on Tuesday – about 700 more than Wuhan in China.
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Delhi, which has reported the third largest number of coronavirus cases in India with more than 30,000 patients, will register nearly 5 cases of lakh by the end of July, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia told reporters on Tuesday. By then, it will need 80,000 beds compared to its current capacity of nearly 9,000 beds. To fight the pandemic, the government has decided to increase the beds in 22 private hospitals by more than double.
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In Tamil Nadu, DMK MP J Anbazhagan, who tested positive for coronavirus, died this morning in Chennai hospital. Anbazhagan, 61, was admitted to hospital on June 2 for “severe acute respiratory distress” and had a positive result for COVID-19 at the time. The state has the second highest number of coronavirus cases in India.
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Delhi’s chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tested negative for the coronavirus on Tuesday, one day after its self-isolation.
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In Kerala, the number of people under surveillance has crossed the two lakh mark for the first time. Most of them have been isolated at home, nearly 1,900 are recovering in hospital. The Southern State was commended for its fight against the pandemic.
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The increase in the number of cases comes as restrictions are relaxed across the country. Places of worship, shopping centers opened earlier this week after government guidelines were released.
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The World Health Organization has said that the coronavirus pandemic situation is worsening worldwide, as it warns of complacency.
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A senior WHO official – Maria Van Kerkhove – said Tuesday that the transmission of the new coronavirus by asymptomatic carriers was “very rare”, citing a “misunderstanding”. “It is difficult to conduct in-depth studies on the transmission of asymptomatic individuals, but the available evidence from contact tracing reported by member states suggests that asymptomatically infected individuals are much less likely to transmit the virus than those who develop symptoms, “said a tweet shared by her. Lily.
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Globally, more than 7 million people have contracted the virus since the start of the pandemic; almost 4 lakh died.
