India breaks the 14000-mark of Covid-19 cases in a single day.
Chennai goes into complete lockdown as India’s death toll surges to 12,948 and Coronavirus cases stand at 395,048.
In yet another biggest single-day spike, on Saturday, India broke the 14000-mark of Covid-19 infections after reporting 14,516 Coronavirus positive cases. This took the nation’s Coronavirus tally to 395,048 as per the Union Health Ministry. The country reported 375 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 12,948 revealed the ministry’s data. The total number of recovered patients stands at 213,831 and the active cases tally rose to 168,269. The recovery rate in India rose to 54.12 percent.
Arvind Kejriwal opposes LG Anil Baijal’s order of scraping home isolation:
On Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal opposed LG Anil Baijal’s order for Covid-19 patients to compulsory be in a 5-day institutional quarantine. Citing a shortage of healthcare staff, Kejriwal said that the compulsory quarantine will make people evade testing which will eventually increase the spreading of the virus. Scrapping the order, Kejriwal said that if the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is allowing home isolation across the country then why separate rules were being implemented in the national capital.
WHO – “New and Dangerous phase of Coronavirus is here”:
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a virtual press conference said that the world is into a new and a dangerous phase of the Coronavirus pandemic and warned the people of the pandemic still being a major threat. The WHO chief admitted that the virus is still spreading rapidly and the world must take proper safety measures so as to contain the deadly virus.
Globally, over 8.66 million people have been infected with the virus with more than 460,000 deaths.
