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The 4,529 new fatalities include 1,291 from Maharashtra, 525 from Karnataka, 364 from Tamil Nadu, 265 from Delhi, 255 from Uttar Pradesh, 231 from Punjab, 153 from Chhattisgarh, 146 from Rajasthan, 145 from West Bengal, 124 from Haryana and 111 from Bihar.
India s COVID-19 death toll on Wednesday climbed to 2,83,248 with a record 4,529 fresh fatalities, the highest toll in a single day since the pandemic began, the Union Health Ministry said.
With a total of 2,67,334 fresh infections, India s total tally of cases climbed to 2,54,96,330.
The active cases dipped to 32,26,719 comprising 12.66 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 86.23 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.
cryogenicoxygen containers from Frankfurt in
Germany to Hindon airbase in Delhi including 450 oxygen cylinders from Brize Norton in the UK to the Chennai airbase in Tamil Nadu
India on Monday received shipment of oxygen production plant and twenty ventilators from Italy amid the pandemic in the country which has hit the country hard with the shortage of oxygen equipment in the country.
Watch: We value the support from our important EU partner, Italy. Will help augment our oxygen capacities, India s external affairs ministry said in a statement, adding, taking forward our warm and multifaceted relationship.
Earlier, the fourth consignment of medical supplies containing 60
In New Delhi alone, one death from Covid-19 is being reported every four minutes and ambulances around India have been taking the bodies of victims to makeshift crematoriums in parks and parking lots, where bodies burn on rows of funeral pyres.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that he is very concerned about the rising of coronavirus cases in India, as the second wave of Covid-19 has created havoc in the country. The situation in India is a devastating reminder of what the virus can do, Ghebreyesus said during a virtual briefing in Geneva.
The situation in the country seems to be slipping out of hands with each passing day, amid acute shortage of oxygen beds and key emergency drugs like Remdesivir.