It is estimated that nearly 5,000 tests per day are currently being carried out in Delhi. (File)
New Delhi:
COVID-19 count in India further increased to 3.3 lakh on Monday and the death toll exceeded 9,500, even as central and state governments have stepped up efforts to increase testing capacity and availability beds to treat people infected with the dreaded virus.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also interact with chief state ministers and representatives of Union territories on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss ways to control the pandemic as a gradual exit from the lockdown continues across the country.
In the midst of an increasing number of cases, the Tamil Nadu government announced the total foreclosure of Chennai and its suburbs from June 19 to 30, when only essential services would be allowed. The move follows suggestions from an expert panel on reducing lock-in flexibility to check the spread of the virus in the state, which has recorded 44 deaths and more than 1,800 new cases to bring its toll to 479 and more than 46,000 confirmed cases.
At the same time, the governments of Delhi and Gujarat have declared that they have no plans to reimpose the lockdown again amid persistent rumors about the reimposition of the restrictions, particularly in the national capital where the cases have experienced a rapid increase in the recent past.
The number of COVID-19 tests would be raised to 18,000 per day at the national level from June 20, said the ruling PAA and the main opposition party of the Delhi BJP after an all-party meeting held by Interior Minister Amit Shah.
In addition, the Delhi center will provide the necessary equipment such as oxygen cylinders, ventilators and pulse oximeters for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 and 37,000 beds will be provided by the end of the month. Delhi patients.
It is estimated that nearly 5,000 tests per day are currently being carried out in Delhi, which has registered 1,647 new cases to bring its toll to nearly 43,000 while the number of deaths has exceeded 1,400.
The Delhi government has also asked all laboratories and hospitals to work to their full potential, to increase their COVID-19 testing capacity to meet the growing demand for sample processing and to process samples within 48 hours.
Delhi’s Minister of Health, Satyendar Jain, said the Centre’s laboratory facilities in the nation’s capital were being extended to the city government.
In its morning update, the Union’s Ministry of Health said the number of confirmed cases across the country had risen to 3,32,424 after 11,502 new cases had been registered in 24 hours since Sunday 8 morning hours, while the number of deaths increased by 325 during this period to reach 9,520.
These are nearly 1.53 active cases, because nearly 1.7 lakh have already recovered to give a recovery rate of more than 51%, said the ministry.
However, a PTI count of figures reported by different states and UT showed that the number of deaths nationwide had further increased to 9,733 at 9:45 p.m., while it also showed the total number of confirmed cases having reached almost 3.33 lakh.
Several other states have also announced plans to increase their testing infrastructure and the number of beds for COVID-19 patients.
In Telangana, the state government has authorized private laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests, while setting charges at 2,200 rupees. He also set treatment fees in private hospitals.
The Karnataka government has also said that private hospitals will be corded to treat patients with COVID-19 and that uniform rates across the state will be set for everything from tests to treatment in these facilities.
Maharashtra, the hardest-hit state, has announced that courses for standards 9-12 will start from July 1, except in the red zone, while courses for standards 6-8 will begin in August .
The state has also seen commuter train services in Mumbai, known as the city’s lifeline, resume after nearly three months, but only for the transportation of people engaged in essential services.
Among other states and UT, new cases have also been detected in
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
India is the fourth most affected country in the world by the new coronavirus infection in terms of the total number of confirmed cases after the United States, Brazil and Russia, according to the University’s COVID-19 online tracker Johns Hopkins. In terms of number of deaths, India ranks ninth after the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Mexico and Belgium.
India is ranked sixth in terms of number of recoveries, after the United States, Brazil, Russia, Italy and Germany.
Worldwide, almost 80 lakh people have tested positive for the virus since it was first reported in China last December, while more than 4.34 lakh have died. However, around 38 lakh have recovered too much worldwide.
