Digital platforms emerge as lifelines for people as Covid cases spike
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Digital platforms emerge as lifelines for people as Covid cases spike
PTI / Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 10:42 IST
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Social media timelines on platforms like Twitter and Facebook are filled with desperate requests by family members and friends of patients for hospital beds and medicines. (Representative image)
NEW DELHI: With Covid cases touching new highs, digital platforms - right from Twitter to Tinder - have become lifelines for people looking for hospital beds, medicines and oxygen for the patients.
A total of 2,95,041 fresh infections were registered in a span of 24 hours, while the active cases crossed the 21-lakh mark with a record 2,023 daily fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday.