India Logs 4Lakh New COVID-19 Cases For The First Time In A New High
India’s daily coronavirus tally crossed the grim milestone of four lakh, while the death toll rose to 2,11,853 with 3,523 fresh fatalities, according to the date updated by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The infection tally rose to 1,91,64,969 with 4,01,993 new cases, while the active cases crossed the 32-lakh mark, the data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering a steady increase, the active cases stood at 32,68,710, accounting for 17.06 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has further dropped to 81.84 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,56,84,406, while the case fatality rate stands 1.11 per cent, the data stated.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday extended the timelines for various regulatory filings, including financial earnings, in the wake of the second Covid-19 wave. The deadline to file the March quarter and annual financial results ends on May 15 and May 30 respectively. The market regulator has extended the deadline for both to June 30. “Sebi is in receipt of representations…requesting extension of timelines for various filings and relaxation from certain compliance obligations…due to ongoing second wave of the CoVID-19 pandemic and restrictions imposed by various state governments,” Sebi said in a circular. Besides results, India Inc will get more time to file the annual secretarial compliance report and statement of deviation or variation in use of funds.
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New Delhi: The second wave of COVID-19 in India has put the country in an overwhelming situation. The condition of the health care system is declining day by day as the country is witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases on daily basis since last week.
Along with the surge in cases, there is a sharp reduction in biomedical oxygen availability, and the burden is being piled up by the unavailability of beds for patients in the hospitals
The situation is getting worse as the COVID-19 infection is going undetected in the RT-PCR tests.
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