Swab samples are taken for Covid-19 testing in New Delhi. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna)
India Coronavirus Live News Updates:
In the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, India detected 70,589 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing its count to more than 61 lakh. Of the 61,45,292 cases in the country, 9,47,576 people are in treatment, 51,01,398 people have been discharged and 96,318 people have died.
Maharashtra has the highest number of cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen on Monday that Covid-19 had shown it was risky for global supply chains to rely heavily on a single source. “We are working together with Japan and Australia for diversification and resilience of the supply chain. Other like-minded countries can also join in this effort,” she said during their virtual interaction. Prime Minister Modi’s comments come at a time when more and more countries are moving away from their dependence on China.
In other news, a three-member team of central government officials has presented a report on the Covid-19 situation in Tripura. The only hospital designated as Covid-19 in the state has unused ventilators, dysfunctional X-ray machines and CT scans, no death audits and no waste management, the team found.
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