Coronavirus: COVID-19 cases on the rise in India, although cure rate has improved
New Delhi:
India first reported more than 50,000 cases of coronavirus in 24 hours, according to government data. This is the largest one-day peak in cases to date. At least 52,123 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 15.83,792. Government data shows that 775 people have died in the past 24 hours; the total death toll is now 34,968. The total number of people who have recovered is 10.20,582 and the cure rate is 64.43%, while the positivity rate is 11.67% . The total of samples tested so far this morning is 1,8190,382, while 4,466,642 samples were tested on Wednesday.
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The five states that have reported the largest spike of cases in the past 24 hours are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. Government data shows that 66.41% of the total cases reported in the past 24 hours are from Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
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Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal reported the highest number of deaths in the past 24 hours, accounting for 74.58% of deaths during this period.
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About six in 10 people living in some of India’s largest slums have antibodies to the coronavirus, indicating that they have recovered from an infection, in what appears to be one of the immunity levels of the highest known population in the world, Bloomberg reported.
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The results, of a serological survey carried out in July among 6,936 people in three suburbs of Mumbai, may explain why a sharp drop in infections is observed among the very dense population, despite a general acceleration of new cases in India.
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The nighttime curfew has been lifted and gyms and yoga institutes that are not in containment zones have been allowed to reopen in Unlock3 – the third phase of lifting coronavirus restrictions across the country – declared by the government on Wednesday.
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In new central guidelines released on Wednesday, the government said schools, colleges and educational institutions will remain closed until the end of August. Metro operations, movie theaters, polling stations, amusement parks, theaters, bars, auditoriums and other places that involve large gatherings will also remain closed.
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In Madhya Pradesh, in addition to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, nine lawmakers including seven from the BJP and two congressmen have tested positive for the coronavirus. Four BJP leaders who flew to Lucknow to attend Governor Lalji Tandon’s final rites last week have been found infected with COVID-19.
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The United States marked a grim milestone on Wednesday when the death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 150,000 – far exceeding the toll of any other country affected by the pandemic. Brazil is second behind the United States in terms of cases and deaths, and also reported a sobering figure as it has passed 90,000 deaths.
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The blizzard of alarming data also continued in East Asia, with China on Wednesday posting a three-month record of 101 new cases of the virus due to a localized outbreak in the northern port city of Dalian, a AFP news agency reported.
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U.S. biotech company Moderna’s experimental vaccine to prevent COVID-19 induces a robust immune response and rapidly controls the novel coronavirus in the upper and lower respiratory tract of monkeys exposed to SARS-CoV-2, according to a study published Tuesday.
