By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bodies of COVID-19 victims have been found dumped in some Indian rivers, a state government letter seen by Reu.
Testing rates also at their lowest since Sunday India a huge concern as second year seen more deadly -WHO PM Modi calls for more testing in hard-hit rural areas (Updates with PM comments; federal COVID briefing)
MUMBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - India reported its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks on Saturday, with deaths still near the 4,000-mark, but federal health officials said cases and fatalities are rapidly stabilising in this wave of the pandemic.
The overall rate of positive cases per tests had dipped to 19.8% this week from 21.9% last week, federal health officials said in a briefing, but warned that cautiousness must continue.
Testing rates also at their lowest since Sunday India a huge concern as second year seen more deadly -WHO PM Modi calls for more testing in hard-hit rural areas
MUMBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - India reported its smallest daily
increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks on
Saturday, with deaths still near the 4,000-mark, but federal
health officials said cases and fatalities are rapidly
stabilising in this wave of the pandemic.
The overall rate of positive cases per tests had dipped to
19.8% this week from 21.9% last week, federal health officials
said in a briefing, but warned that cautiousness must continue.
Publishing date: May 15, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 2 minute read •
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MUMBAI India reported on Saturday its smallest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three weeks, but deaths stayed near the 4,000-mark as the World Health Organisation warned that the second year of the pandemic could be worse than the first.
In the past 24 hours, India had 326,098 new infections, taking its tally to 24.37 million, with 3,890 deaths, for a toll of 266,207, health ministry data shows. But the slow growth may also reflect test rates that are at their lowest since May 9.
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EXCLUSIVE-India s most populous state to spend up to $1 bln to buy vaccines, in talks with Pfizer, Sputnik V Reuters 2 hrs ago
By Krishna N. Das
NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) - India s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh will spend up to $1 billion to buy COVID-19 shots and held early talks this week with companies such as Pfizer and the local distributor of Russia s Sputnik V, a state official said on Thursday.
The move by Uttar Pradesh, home to more people than Brazil, comes as many Indian states curtail vaccinations due to severe shortages amid a record surge in coronavirus infections, with India recording more than 4,000 deaths for a second straight day as its health system fails to cope.