DUBLIN: India confirmed more COVID-19 cases in a single day than Ireland had in the entire year. More than 2.5 lakh new cases have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours. Yesterday alone, 2,61,500 people were confirmed COVID-19 in the country. Only 243,238 cases were registered in Ireland between the end of February 2020 and yesterday.
In two weeks, 12 lakh people were infected with virus in India. The number of patients in the country has increased by 26,808 in one day. With this, the total number of confirmed cases in the country reached 1.47 crore. These figures clearly indicate that India is on the verge of a huge disaster.
Maharashtra has the highest number of patients since the outbreak of COVID-19 in India. The situation was the same yesterday, with 67,123 cases recorded in the state. Yesterday, Uttar Pradesh had the second-highest number of COVID cases, with 27,334 cases.
In the last 24 hours, 1,501 people have died due to coronavirus in the country. This brings the total death toll to 1,77,150. Maharashtra had the highest number of deaths yesterday. In Maharashtra, 419 COVID-19 patients died yesterday, while 167 died in Delhi.
There are currently 18,01,316 active cases in the India, and 1,28,09,643 people recovered from COVID-19.
Government’s failure
The opposition parties slammed the Modi Government for failing to prevent the second wave of COVID-19 and provide basic healthcare facilities. They criticized the government, citing a shortage of vaccines and a lack of access to medical oxygen and ICU beds.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi demanded that the age limit for vaccination be raised to 25 and that all medical devices and medicines for COVID-19 treatment be exempted from GST.
Lockdown is the only way to prevent virus spread
As the second wave of COVID-19 intensifies in the country, lockdown is the only way to prevent the spread of the disease, says health expert Dr. Agarwal. Agarwal is a senior doctor at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi.
Dr. Agarwal says the genetically mutated virus is spreading in India and will make the situation worse. He said the number of patients was doubling in four to five days. The COVID chain can only be destroyed with a long lockdown. He said the lockdown should be implemented in the country for at least seven days.
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