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The total number of positive cases of coronavirus is now 7,529 (Archive)
New Delhi:
The Union Health Ministry said on Saturday that the number of coronavirus cases in India would have shot up to 8.2 lakh by April 15 if the center had not implemented a national closure and other containment measures.
“According to a statistical analysis carried out by us, India would have registered a cumulative 41 percent increase in the number of cases, bringing the total to 2.08 lakh on April 11 and 8.2 lakh on April 15 if there were no there have been blockages or other containment measures, “Health Ministry official Lav Agarwal said in his daily briefing.
The number of coronavirus cases and deaths is gradually increasing in India, but not as fast as in the United States and Europe.
The highly infectious coronavirus has killed 242 people in the country, with 43 new deaths reported since Friday. The total number of positive coronavirus cases is now 7,529.
Agarwal further said that with containment measures and without closure, the number of cases would have increased to 1.2 lakh until April 15.
The officer also credited the center’s social distancing rules across the country for the relatively low number of coronaviruses.
“Since we started promoting social distancing and implemented the blockade since March 25 along with other containment measures, there has been a decrease in cases and we have 7,447 coronavirus cases to date,” he added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the three-week shutdown last month to verify the spread of the virus that has killed a lakh of people worldwide.
On Saturday, in a four-hour meeting with the chief ministers of 13 states via video conference, Prime Minister Modi said the blockade would last two weeks until April 30.
Following the meeting, Maharashtra and Telangana announced that they will extend the full closure until April 30.
With PTI tickets
