Coronavirus: COVID-19 cases have increased in India, although recovery has improved
New Delhi:
India has reported 9,851 cases of coronavirus and 273 deaths in the past 24 hours, the most in a day, according to government data. The total number of cases in the country has increased to 2,266,770. To date, 1,094,462 people have recovered and 6,348 have died, while the recovery rate or chance of recovery is 48.27 %. India is now the seventh most affected country after the United States, Brazil, Russia, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy. In terms of death, India is currently ranked 12th, while it is ranked eighth in terms of recoveries. However, India is among the top five countries in terms of active cases.
Here’s your 10-point cheatsheet for this great story:
-
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Thursday that the increasing number of COVID cases, a high positivity rate and a low level of testing in parts of the national capital were worrying.
-
The Minister of Health stressed the need to step up testing, combined with aggressive surveillance, contact tracing and strict containment and perimeter control measures.
-
On Thursday, the government announced new rules allowing the gradual opening of shopping centers, restaurants, hotels and places of worship following the national closure of COVID-19.
-
The guidelines, which will take effect on Monday, include measures such as the shifting of visitors to shopping centers and the lack of contact with idols in religious places. Detailed rules have also been published for offices that have been allowed to reopen in recent weeks. However, all establishments that fall under containment zones will remain closed, as previously announced.
-
Employees of high-risk establishments – such as older staff or those who are pregnant or have underlying health conditions – should take extra precautions. He also asked hotel and restaurant owners to encourage contactless ordering and digital payments.
-
Maharashtra on Thursday recorded its highest peak of 2,933 cases of COVID-19, bringing its number of confirmed cases to 77,793, while the number of deaths rose to 2,710 after 123 new deaths. The number of patients discharged into the state also increased to 33,681.
-
In West Bengal, the number of deaths from COVID-19 rose to 283, with 10 more deaths, while the number of cases in the state increased from 368 to 6,876 on Thursday. Tamil Nadu also reported its highest peak in a day, with 1,384 cases, bringing its number to 27,256, while the number of deaths rose to 220.
-
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said any misconduct in quarantine centers would amount to non-punishable charges equivalent to “attempted murder”.
-
Three of four authors behind large-scale study in The Lancet that raised safety concerns over the use of common antimalarials to treat COVID-19 retracted their article Thursday, accusing a healthcare company that provided the dataset.
-
This discovery led the World Health Organization to suspend clinical trials on drugs, but it was quickly followed by widespread concern among scientists about the lack of information about the countries and hospitals that provided data. .
