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Bengaluru emerges as new COVID-19 hotspot
While cases do seem to be coming down in Bengaluru, the positivity rate remains high - about 38.13 per cent over the last 24 hours.
By ANI| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Published: 15th May 2021 6:32 pm IST A COVID patient gets oxygen facility in a BMTC bus in Bengaluru. (Photo/ANI)
Bengaluru: Over the last two weeks, Karnataka has witnessed devastating COVID-19 surge, recording the highest COVID-19 related deaths and a worrying number of new cases.
The state emerged as the country’s new COVID-19 hotspot with 5,98,625 active cases, the highest in the country, followed by Maharashtra with 5,21,683 active infections, the union health minister informed.
India remains a country of huge concern: WHO COVID-19 has already cost more than 3.3 million lives and we re on track for the second year of this pandemic to be far more deadly than the first, Tedros said.
By IANS| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Updated: 15th May 2021 3:13 pm IST Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General
Geneva: India remains hugely concerning, with several states continuing to see a worrying number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General said in a briefing that WHO is responding and has shipped thousands of oxygen concentrators, tents for mobile field hospitals, masks and other medical supplies.