+ve cases on rise, states start relaxation of norms Delhi govt decides to open borders for inter-state movement from today
India registered its highest single-day spike of
Covid-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday, with 9,971 new infections taking the tally to 2,46,628. With 287 fatalities reported in the last 24 hours since Saturday morning, the death toll has gone up to
6,929.
With coronavirus cases rising, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said the cases in India could peak in two to three months.
He, however, said that there was no community transmission at the national level. More than
70 per cent of Covid-19 related deaths in the country have been due to co-morbidities. The recovery rate of
Covid-19 patients is 48.37 per cent.
As positive cases keep rising, the lockdown is being relaxed in phases by states and Union territories from Monday. Shopping malls outside the containment zones, restaurants and religious places are being allowed to open in several states/UTs as the government tries to boost the economy that is headed for its first fullyear contraction in four decades.
Reports suggest 10 states with the highest number of confirmed cases account for 84 per cent of the nation’s tally and 95 per cent of fatalities.
These states are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Bihar.
Of these, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have recorded the most deaths, and about 85 per cent of total fatalities.
Meanwhile, amid a surge in the number of cases, the Delhi government also decided to open its borders for the inter-state movement from Monday.
However, it has restricted the treatment of coronavirus patients only to Delhi’s residents.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said state-run and private hospitals will be made available for the residents of Delhi, while the hospitals that come under the Union government in the city will be made available for the treatment of patients from across the country.
Till Sunday, Maharashtra continued to top the chart in confirmed cases, active cases, recoveries and deaths.
With 2,739 new cases in the state in the last 24 hours, Maharashtra’s virus case count reached 82,968.
The third phase of “Mission Begin Again”, of easing restrictions, will start on Monday, but religious places and restaurants in the state.
Of the 287 deaths reported since Saturday, as many as 120 were from Maharashtra, 53 from Delhi, 29 from Gujarat,
19 from Tamil Nadu, 17 from West Bengal, 15 from Madhya Pradesh,
13 from Rajasthan, 10 from Telangana, three from Jammu and Kashmir, two each from Karnataka, Punjab and Chhattisgarh and one each from Kerala and Bihar. will remain