Data from India’s Ministry of Health today showed that more than 2,000 people were killed in a single day and nearly 300,000 new confirmed cases of 2019 coronavirus disease were reported in the country, making it one of the highest single-day numbers of new cases in the world since the outbreak began.
India’s Ministry of Health data show that 295,000 new cases of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in the country in the past 24 hours, matching the U.S. level in January. In addition, 2,023 people died of the disease in India in one day, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 182,553.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a speech to the nation last night that India is “once again facing an uphill battle.
Until a few weeks ago, the epidemic was under control, and then there was a second wave of this storm-like outbreak,” Modi said.
According to media reports, some factories that produce key drugs for the 2019 coronavirus disease have slowed or even suspended production.
Now, anxious relatives of the infected are forced to buy drugs and oxygen, among other things, at higher prices on the black market.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been in self-imposed quarantine since yesterday after his wife tested positive. Kejriwal tweeted last night that the remaining stock of oxygen in some hospitals in Delhi was only enough for a few hours.
The U.S. issued a travel alert advising people not to travel to India now, even those who have completed their vaccinations. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom has put India on its “red list. Hong Kong and New Zealand, on the other hand, have banned flights from India.
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