India is the third country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi:
A record increase of 78,761 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours brought India’s Covid total to 35,42,733, the Union Health Ministry said this morning. This is the largest one-day increase reported by a country since the start of the pandemic.
India is the third country most affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the world after the United States and Brazil. The country has seen the largest increase in single-day recorded cases in the past 26 days.
In the past 24 hours, 948 deaths from the highly contagious disease have been recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 63,498.
The government on Saturday announced guidelines for the fourth phase of unlocking, allowing metro services to resume from September 7. Lockdowns cannot be imposed outside containment zones, they have taught states.
Social, political, academic, sporting, religious and other activities will be allowed with a limit of 100 people under the new rules from September 21. Schools, colleges, swimming pools and indoor theaters will remain closed. This phase, called “Unlock4”, will be in effect until September 30th.
