A health care worker and Covid-19 patient at a temporary treatment site near a hospital in New Delhi. (Credit: NYT)
NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday reported a record rise in Covid-19 deaths over the last 24 hours, taking its total fatalities past the 200,000 mark and the total tally of cases to over 1.8 crore.
With 3,293 new deaths, India s total number of fatalities now stands at 201,187, according to the Union health ministry data updated at 10 am today.
In the biggest daily spike since the outbreak of Covid, India also recorded over 3.6 lakh new infections in the last 24 hours.
India breached the 3,000 mark in daily deaths a day before on Tuesday, for the first time since the pandemic started in 2019.
Economy, political system collapsing due to COVID-19: Sanjay Raut
Hailing the Mumbai model and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, Raut called for the need to replicating this model elsewhere in the country.
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MUMBAI: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said the economy, as well as social and political systems in India, are collapsing due to the COVID-19 upsurge which has set the country back by at least 20 years.
Speaking to reporters, Raut said India was defamed internationally due to the worsening COVID-19 scenario.
Hailing the Mumbai model and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus, Raut called for the need to replicating this model elsewhere in the country.
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India saw a single-day spike of 3,32,730 (3.32 lakh) Covid-19 infections and 2,263 deaths on Friday. The active cases now stand at 24,28,616 (24.28 lakh). Top government officials acknowledged that India could be approaching the second high of the Covid-19 pandemic, they also added that tier 2 and 3 cities are the worst hit this time. The number of coronavirus cases has increased by 150% or more in 70 districts across 16 states in the last two weeks. On the other hand, 55 districts in 17 states have seen a 100-150% increase in the same time frame.
In a span of 24 hours, Delhi reported 348 Covid-related deaths, the capital’s highest-ever single-day death toll, on Friday. The city’s death toll rose to 13,541. As the rapid second wave of infections ripped through the region, the Capital also reported 24,331 new cases, bringing the total no of patients to 9,80,679. In addition, in the last 24 hours, the state reported 23,572 recoveries. 8,75,109 people have recovered from
India Covid-19 Cases: India saw the deadliest day of pandemic with 1,501 deaths.
New Delhi: India saw the deadliest day of the pandemic as 1,501 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. The country also recorded the biggest daily surge in cases with 2,61,500 infections, taking the caseload to 1.47 crore total cases.
This is the fourth straight day when over 2 lakh cases have been recorded. Over 12 lakh cases have been added to the caseload in the last one week.
Maharashtra (67,123), Uttar Pradesh (27,734), Delhi (24,375), Karnataka (17,489), and Chhattisgarh (16,083) are the five states that recorded the highest number of cases since yesterday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a high-level review meet to review the Covid situation. PM Modi spoke about the need to utilize the full potential of India s pharmaceutical industry to meet the rising demand of various medicines, said a government statement.