India on Friday reported 44,643 new coronavirus cases, taking the country’s tally to 3,18,56,757 since the pandemic broke out in January la...
India on Friday reported 44,643 new coronavirus cases, taking the country’s tally to 3,18,56,757 since the pandemic broke out in January last year, data from the health ministry showed. The new cases are nearly 4% higher than Thursday’s count of 42,982.
The country has recorded an average of 30,000 to 40,000 infections everyday since July, dropping from a high of 4 lakh daily cases at the peak of the devastating second wave of the pandemic in May. The Centre has repeatedly warned the danger was not over yet.
The toll on Friday rose by 464 to 4,26,754. The active caseload increased to 4,14,159. As many as 3,10,15,844 patients have recovered from the disease so far.
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said that the government was preparing for the worst-case scenario amid fears of a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Between April and May, Delhi witnessed a tsunami of Covid-19 infections. Reports flooded the media of patients running from pillar to post in search of hospital beds and oxygen cylinders as several hospitals reported shortages. Some hospitals in the national capital even approached the courts for help as their oxygen supplies ran out.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday discussed India’s coronavirus management with Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee, PTI reported. “The entire process of distribution of the vaccines...
