Delhi, Bengaluru and Maharashtra on Friday recorded their highest single-day toll from Covid-19 since the pandemic began in January last ye...
Delhi, Bengaluru and Maharashtra on Friday recorded their highest single-day toll from Covid-19 since the pandemic began in January last year.
In the Capital, which has surpassed Mumbai to become the worst-affected city in the country, 348 patients died in a day, taking its overall toll to 13,541. The tally of infections rose to 9,80,679 with 24,331 new infections registered in 24 hours, and the city’s positivity rate is at 32%.
The city has averaged around 23,000 positive cases a day over the past week. This is almost three times higher than ever seen in 2020. Experts have also pointed out that about a quarter of tests have come back positive in the past week, indicating that an increasing fraction of infections are going unrecorded.
The surge in infections has triggered a medical crisis in the city, with hospitals running out beds, medicines and oxygen to treat coronavirus patients. Mass cremations have been taking place as the crematoriums have run out of space.
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— CMO Delhi (@CMODelhi) April 23, 2021
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