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NEW DELHI: The number of new Covid-19 infections across the country fell to a three-day low on Tuesday, even as India’s total case count was about to exceed 75,000. However, the death toll from the virus increased by 121, the second highest in a single day so far.
Here’s a look at the latest developments:
Vande Bharat 2.0: 1.5L Indians register to return via 149 flights
The government is set to launch Phase II of the Vande Bharat Mission on May 16 which, according to officials here, will see India operating 149 flights, including 30 feeder fights, over a seven-day period to bring back citizens Indians from 31 countries.
Official sources also said that more than 80,000 Indians around the world have registered and completed all formalities for repatriation in the past five days, bringing the total number to 1.5 lakh.
PM Narendra Modi increases the size of the stimulus to 10% of GDP
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government will present a Rs 20 lakh crore package to help the economy regain health and also unleash a new set of reforms focused on land, work, liquidity and legal frameworks that would push India’s pressure for self-sufficiency.
Addressing the nation a day after he held detailed discussions with the chief ministers and days before Lockdown 3 ends, the prime minister said the mega-package would be announced in the coming days even as he firmly identified the issue of “atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-sufficient India) “That he said would not be a self-absorbed vision, but would rather make the country a part of global supply chains.
India is the 12th worst affected nation as cases will cross the 75,000 mark
With 74,281 coronavirus cases reported so far, India surpassed Canada as the 12th most affected country in the world, one point below China, where the virus originated. States reported up to 3,543 new cases, less than the figures for the past two days (3,613 and 4,308).
Drop in CO2 emissions in India, first in 4 decades
For the first time in four decades, toxic carbon dioxide emissions have declined in the country, thanks to an economic slowdown, clean energy growth and continued blockade. According to an analysis, CO2 emissions in the country fell about 15% in March, and are likely to have dropped 30% last month, year-over-year.
50% of rural India is eating less due to the blockade: survey
Of the more than 5,000 rural households surveyed in 12 states to understand the impact of coronavirus-induced blockade, a significant 68% of households said they had reduced food in their meals, 50% of households had reduced the amount of times they ate in one day and 24% of households had borrowed food grains.
All special trains reserved for a week, to transport 1.7 lakh
As of Tuesday night, almost 30 special trains running on railways were booked for the first seven days. Authorities said more than 90,000 tickets were reserved for nearly 1.7 lakh passengers. Nearly 8,000 passengers boarded the first eight special trains that started their journey from six different stations on Tuesday. Nine other special trains will start from home stations on Wednesday.
The doubling time of coronavirus cases slows to 12.2 days from 10.9
Although the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase, the doubling time has decreased to 12.2 days in the last three days from 10.9 days in the last 14 days.
In the last 24 hours, 3,604 new cases were added, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 70,756. Of these, 22,455 people have been cured and 2,293 have died. Vardhan said the death rate was 3.2%, while the recovery rate progressively increased to 31.74%.
Wuhan to Test Covid’s 11 Million Residents Amid Bounce Fears
Chinese authorities moved to assess the population of 11 million people in Wuhan City, the birthplace of the global pandemic after new cases were reported there. Six new cases were reported Sunday and Monday from a residential complex in the Dongxihu district. The new group of cases, the first registered there since April, was related to a man who became ill in March but was not examined. He recovered, then fell ill again last month.
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