India logged 37,593 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased marginally to 3,22,327, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday.
The package will focus on strengthening healthcare infrastructure including augmenting dedicated treatment facilities, ramping up hospital beds, bolstering procurement of essential medical equipment and drugs
B.1.617.2 becoming dominant COVID-19 variant in India
As of May 7, India sequenced 1,124 samples of this variant with a cumulative prevalence of 15 per cent. As of May 16, the UK showed the highest sequences detected at 4,314 cases but the cumulative prevalence rate was lesser than in India, at 6 per cent
BusinessToday.In | May 24, 2021 | Updated 12:27 IST
COVID-19 crisis: B.1.617.2 variant has been found in 48 countries
As cases spread in India, the sub-lineage of B.1.617, B.1.617.2, is beginning to eclipse other variants including the Kent variant, B.1.1.7 that originated in the UK. Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka has seen cases of B.1.617.2 spread wide. Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Puducherry and Bihar have also shown more cases of the new sub-lineage, B.1.617.2.
India Inc to the rescue! How Tata, RIL, Adani & others are helping fight Covid-19
COVID-19 pandemic: From supplying oxygen to arranging for hospital beds, India Inc has stepped up to help the country in the hour of need
Anwesha Madhukalya | May 19, 2021 | Updated 19:47 IST
How India Inc is helping amid the COVID-19 pandemic
India s corporate class is supplying oxygen, arranging for hospital beds, donating funds and vaccinating their employees under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives amid the second wave of coronavirus. Reliance Industries, Adani Group, Tata Sons, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Mahindra, and Hyundai India have also donated funds as well as arranged for supplies of COVID-19 amenities.
Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon that aims to build and connect Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks, took to Twitter on April 24 to announce that he is setting up a crypto Covid relief fund to help those in need