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NEW DELHI: India became the 17th country in the world to register 20,000 cases of Covid-19, crossing the grim milestone on a day when Maharashtra, Rajasthan and West Bengal recorded their largest increase in infections in a single day. There was also an increase in deaths, with 49 on Tuesday, which rose to 645. The total number of cases reached 20,083 late on Tuesday, according to state reports, having increased by 1,493 during the day, the second-most tall. Daily increase after Sunday’s peak of 1,613 cases.
However, according to figures from the health ministry, there were 19,984 total cases in the country on Wednesday morning with 640 deaths.
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak from India and around the world:
India prepares rapid response teams for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
A 14-member rapid response team was dispatched to the Maldives last month to help the island nation establish coronavirus testing labs and train local medical professionals to combat the pandemic. India has ensured all friendly neighboring countries all possible assistance to help them combat the pandemic.
Lockdown reveals fresh air, cleanest rivers in India
India’s protracted blockade to curb the coronavirus outbreak has closed schools, workplaces, industries, transportation, and forced people to stay at home.
It also led to an unexpected bonus in the country with six out of 10 of the world’s most polluted cities: cleaner air.
On March 25, the first day of closure, the average PM 2.5 levels decreased by 22% and nitrogen dioxide, which comes from burning fossil fuels, decreased by 15%
West Bengal says it will comply with Center orders on closure
The West Bengal government has said “it is not a fact” that there was no cooperation with the central team appointed to assess the situation of COVID-19 in the state and assured that it will comply with all orders of the Union government regarding the closure.
The guarantee came hours after the Center accused the West Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee of obstructing a core team designated to assess the coronavirus situation on the ground.
Possible Covid-19 vaccine developed in Oxford to be tested in people this week
A possible coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will be tested in people for the first time on April 23, UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. “I can announce that the Oxford project vaccine will be tested in people starting this Thursday. In normal times, reaching this stage would take years and I am very proud of the work done so far,” said Hancock.
Test rate dropped from 35,000 to 27,500 due to China kit fiasco
With states complaining that the newly purchased rapid test kits were giving misleading and inaccurate results, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advised all states on Tuesday to stop using the Covid-19 antibody test for two days until their teams investigated the operation of the kits.
The kits arrived last week after the delays and have been sourced from three China-based companies. India’s test rate dropped from 35,000 odd on Monday to 27,500 on Tuesday after the fiasco.
United States will have second wave of coronavirus: CDC chief
A second wave of the new coronavirus will hit the US. USA Later this year with ramifications even more difficult than the current Covid-19 crisis that has claimed more than 45,000 lives and infected more than 824,000 people in the country, a senior US health official warned.
The director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, told The Washington Post that the USA. USA You will have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus at the same time.
69% of positive cases were asymptomatic: ICMR
Covid-19 tests that returned positive results in India so far show that 69% of positive cases were asymptomatic, while 31% are symptomatic, representing a 1: 2 ratio, the ICMR said on Tuesday. So far, over four lakh Covid-19 samples have been tested in India and of these 18,601 were positive.
Noida “closes” the Delhi border, there is no passage without passes
The Noida administration on Tuesday night practically sealed the city’s borders with Delhi by announcing a bar in all traffic to and from the national capital, keeping the door ajar only for those involved in essential services but with more protocol. strict.
Coronavirus epidemic may peak in India in mid-May: study
The coronavirus epidemic could peak in India in mid-May and gradually subside after that, a modeling exercise conducted by the Times Network in association with global consultancy Protiviti has predicted. The “Times Fact India Outbreak Report” looks at three different possibilities and suggests that India could see the number of coronavirus cases crossing 75,000 around May 22.
WHO warns that the worst is yet to come, ICMR says India is doing its best
The ICMR said Tuesday that India was doing its best in its capabilities to combat the Covid-19 outbreak and that one must have faith in the science that it was rapidly moving towards the development of a vaccine and therapeutic interventions. The comments came in the wake of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, alluding to the Spanish flu in 1918 as a reference to the coronavirus outbreak and saying the worst was coming in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarms about the pandemic by Like many countries, they are beginning to ease restrictive measures.
US coronavirus deaths USA They exceed 45,000, doubling in just over a week
Coronavirus deaths in the US USA They surpassed 45,000 on Tuesday, doubled in just over a week, and rose by nearly a record amount in a single day. The United States has by far the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 810,000, almost four times more than Spain, the country with the second highest number.
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However, according to figures from the health ministry, there were 19,984 total cases in the country on Wednesday morning with 640 deaths.
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak from India and around the world:
India prepares rapid response teams for Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
A 14-member rapid response team was dispatched to the Maldives last month to help the island nation establish coronavirus testing labs and train local medical professionals to combat the pandemic. India has ensured all friendly neighboring countries all possible assistance to help them combat the pandemic.
Lockdown reveals fresh air, cleanest rivers in India
India’s protracted blockade to curb the coronavirus outbreak has closed schools, workplaces, industries, transportation, and forced people to stay at home.
It also led to an unexpected bonus in the country with six out of 10 of the world’s most polluted cities: cleaner air.
On March 25, the first day of closure, the average PM 2.5 levels decreased by 22% and nitrogen dioxide, which comes from burning fossil fuels, decreased by 15%
West Bengal says it will comply with Center orders on closure
The West Bengal government has said “it is not a fact” that there was no cooperation with the central team appointed to assess the situation of COVID-19 in the state and assured that it will comply with all orders of the Union government regarding the closure.
The guarantee came hours after the Center accused the West Bengal government led by Mamata Banerjee of obstructing a core team designated to assess the coronavirus situation on the ground.
Possible Covid-19 vaccine developed in Oxford to be tested in people this week
A possible coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford will be tested in people for the first time on April 23, UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare Matt Hancock said on Tuesday. “I can announce that the Oxford project vaccine will be tested in people starting this Thursday. In normal times, reaching this stage would take years and I am very proud of the work done so far,” said Hancock.
Test rate dropped from 35,000 to 27,500 due to China kit fiasco
With states complaining that the newly purchased rapid test kits were giving misleading and inaccurate results, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advised all states on Tuesday to stop using the Covid-19 antibody test for two days until their teams investigated the operation of the kits.
The kits arrived last week after the delays and have been sourced from three China-based companies. India’s test rate dropped from 35,000 odd on Monday to 27,500 on Tuesday after the fiasco.
United States will have second wave of coronavirus: CDC chief
A second wave of the new coronavirus will hit the US. USA Later this year with ramifications even more difficult than the current Covid-19 crisis that has claimed more than 45,000 lives and infected more than 824,000 people in the country, a senior US health official warned.
The director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Robert Redfield, told The Washington Post that the USA. USA You will have the flu epidemic and the coronavirus at the same time.
69% of positive cases were asymptomatic: ICMR
Covid-19 tests that returned positive results in India so far show that 69% of positive cases were asymptomatic, while 31% are symptomatic, representing a 1: 2 ratio, the ICMR said on Tuesday. So far, over four lakh Covid-19 samples have been tested in India and of these 18,601 were positive.
Noida “closes” the Delhi border, there is no passage without passes
The Noida administration on Tuesday night practically sealed the city’s borders with Delhi by announcing a bar in all traffic to and from the national capital, keeping the door ajar only for those involved in essential services but with more protocol. strict.
Coronavirus epidemic may peak in India in mid-May: study
The coronavirus epidemic could peak in India in mid-May and gradually subside after that, a modeling exercise conducted by the Times Network in association with global consultancy Protiviti has predicted. The “Times Fact India Outbreak Report” looks at three different possibilities and suggests that India could see the number of coronavirus cases crossing 75,000 around May 22.
WHO warns that the worst is yet to come, ICMR says India is doing its best
The ICMR said Tuesday that India was doing its best in its capabilities to combat the Covid-19 outbreak and that one must have faith in the science that it was rapidly moving towards the development of a vaccine and therapeutic interventions. The comments came in the wake of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, alluding to the Spanish flu in 1918 as a reference to the coronavirus outbreak and saying the worst was coming in the coronavirus outbreak, raising new alarms about the pandemic by Like many countries, they are beginning to ease restrictive measures.
US coronavirus deaths USA They exceed 45,000, doubling in just over a week
Coronavirus deaths in the US USA They surpassed 45,000 on Tuesday, doubled in just over a week, and rose by nearly a record amount in a single day. The United States has by far the highest number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the world, with more than 810,000, almost four times more than Spain, the country with the second highest number.
