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According to the Ministry of Health, 401,993 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed per day in the country, bringing the total number of officially diagnosed infections to 19.1 million.
Furthermore, the total number of deaths per day from 3,523 coronavirus-infected pandemics in India increased to 211,853.
Many experts speculate that actual morbidity and mortality rates are much higher due to insufficient test coverage and inaccurate identification of causes of death.
Earlier this year, when the morbidity rate had dropped below 10,000. new cases of COVID-19 per day, Indian authorities lifted many quarantine restrictions.
Massive religious gatherings were allowed, including the Kumbha Mela Festival, which was attended by millions of Hindu worshipers, as well as political demonstrations. The restrictions have not been tightened for a long time, even as morbidity began to rise sharply in late March.
Only in April, about 7 million new cases of coronavirus infection. However, 1.3 billion. the morbidity and mortality rate in a country with a population is still relatively low compared to some other countries.
Australians returning from India face prison sentences
Australian citizens returning home from India after spending 14 days or more there since Monday could face up to five years in prison or a hefty fine of more than 42,000. euros, reports the BBC.
The Australian government has decided to return home from India, which is currently rampant with a coronavirus that has been temporarily criminalized.
According to the representatives of the country’s Ministry of Health, such a decision was made taking into account that a large part of the people in quarantine were infected with COVID-19 while in India.
Earlier this week, Australia banned all flights from India. It is estimated that more than 9,000 people are currently trapped in India waiting to return home. Australians, of whom around 600 are at risk.
For the first time in the country’s history, repatriation from abroad will be sanctioned.
Doctors tell Australian national broadcaster ABC that the government’s decision is disproportionate to the threat posed by people leaving India.
“Literally our family members are dying while away in India … taking away any opportunity to transport these people means leaving them to their own devices,” said Dr. ABC, family physician and health reviewer. Vyomas Sharmeris.
A fire in a “combat” hospital in India has killed at least 18 people
At least 18 people, including 16 coronavirus patients, died in a fire in western Gujarat, India, on Saturday morning.
The fire broke out at the private Patel Welfare Hospital in the Baruch region, which currently only treats COVID-19 patients.
According to the police, 16 patients and two nurses died. Hospital staff and firefighters managed to rescue 32 patients who were transferred to the nearest hospitals.
According to preliminary data, the flame was caused by an electrical short in the resuscitation room. The fire was extinguished in an hour.
Police say most of the victims died from injuries and suffocation, but some patients may have died while rescuing them from burning wards.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis has expressed his condolences for the disaster. State authorities launched an investigation and announced that compensation will be paid to the families of the victims.
This is the fifth major disaster in Indian hospitals in recent times. The country is currently experiencing a second wave of high-impact pandemics.
