India recorded 44,059 fresh Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours, recording a 2.5% drop in new cases recorded on Sunday. The new cases bring the total count to more than 9.13 million, including 511 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours. The number of active cases remains well below the 4.5 lakh mark. On Monday, the number of active cases in India stood at 4.43,486, which is just 4.85 percent of the total count.
On Sunday, there were 45,209 new infections and 501 deaths.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a video conference with the state’s top ministers on Tuesday as Covid-19 has resurfaced in some states including Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. Nighttime curfews and short-term lockdowns have also returned in many cities.
The Covid-19 situation in Delhi has worsened as, among the more than 500 national daily tolls, Delhi contributes more than 100.
The Center has decided to delegate high-level teams to Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. Similar teams were sent to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur, and earlier to Chhattisgarh.
Expressing hope, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Sunday that Covid-19 will soon be a last episode of the 21st century. “Fewer infected people die every time. We will have vaccines available very soon and cases will be significantly reduced in the coming months, ”he said.
“The speed with which we have been able to create vaccines will have a cascading effect on new technologies that will help us all in the near future to accelerate drug discovery, reducing the cost and making it more affordable for the poorest sectors of our population. . The process that used to take 10 years now produces vaccines in almost 10 months, developed, tested and will soon be available on the market, ”he added.
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