COVID-19 Updates India: Peak Comes in Gradual Relaxation of Restrictions Imposed Since March
New Delhi:
Live coronavirus updates: Coronavirus cases in India crossed the 6 lakh mark on Wednesday with the addition of a group of new patients from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. The total is now 6,00,032 – about 50,000 cases behind Russia, which is the third worst victim of coronavirus. Russia is preceded by Brazil, which has more than 14 cases of lakh and the United States, which has more than 26. Brazil has reached 60,000 deaths from the new coronavirus after having recorded more than 1,000 deaths during in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health.
About 90% of total infections in India come from ten states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Karnataka.
The peak comes in a gradual easing of restrictions imposed since March. On Monday, the government announced “Unlock 2”, where the containment areas will remain locked.
Here are the cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in India Live Updates:
With 6 cases of Lakh coronavirus, India only 50,000 behind RussiaIndia has passed the 6 lakh mark in coronavirus cases, with the addition of a block of cases from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. The total is now 6,00,032 – about 50,000 cases behind Russia, which is the third worst victim of coronavirus. Russia is preceded by Brazil, which has more than 14 lakh cases, and the United States, which has more than 26. “
An AIIMS doctor and a team of IIT-Delhi students have developed an application – COPAL-19 – which allows users to track plasma donors who have recovered from the coronavirus.
“There is a shortage of blood. Thanks to” COPAL-19 “, we will have a list of donors and patients will be able to request blood according to their blood group for plasma therapy”, Dr Abhinav Singh Verma, AIIMS doctor, said ANI.
He added that so far around 70 donors have been recruited “but more will come as they get to know the application”.
The application was launched on the occasion of Doctor’s Day.
