Kejriwal holds meeting over fresh spike in Delhi’s COVID-19 cases; India’s tally over 32 lakhs.
With 67,151 new Coronavirus infections, India records 1-59 deaths as global tally climbs to 23.9 million.
In the 24 hours finishing 9 am Wednesday, India registered 67,151 fresh infections of the novel coronavirus and 1,059 deaths. This takes the nation’s COVID-19 count to 32,34,475 Covid-19 cases, including 7,07,267 patients who are under treatment, 24,67,759 who have recouped, and 59,449 fatalities, the Union Health Ministry said. New rules for Unlock 4.0 are rumored to be declared in the coming days. The Metro administration in Delhi NCR, suspended since March 22 in the wake of the pandemic, is probably going to resume in September, an authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
Oxford University’s vaccine phase-2 trials begin in Pune:
Testing for the Oxford University’s vaccine, created in collaboration with AstraZeneca, will start in India on Wednesday. Six volunteers will be directed doses at Pune’s Bharati Vidyapeeth medical college and hospital. This is stage 2 of the tests, as it isn’t compulsory to lead stage 1 testing in India, where the antibody’s safety is assessed.
Delhi witnesses a fresh spike in Coronavirus cases; Kejriwal calls an urgent meeting:
On Wednesday morning, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting to gauge the Covid-19 situation in the public capital. State Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the Chief Secretary and different authorities of the health ministry attended the meeting. Delhi reported 1,544 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, the most noteworthy single-day spike the city has seen. It currently has over 1.64 lakh cases and 4,330 causalities. Delhi has become the first state to breach the 90 percent recovery rate of the novel COVID-19 patients. More than 1.46 lakh individuals out of the 1.62 lakh contaminated so far have been pronounced to have recuperated. Globally more than 23.9 million people have been infected with the deadly disease, with over 820,000 reported deaths.
