The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country rises to 979(including 86 cured/discharged and 25 deaths): Union Health Ministry.
New Delhi| The total number of COVID-19 cases in India crossed 950 on Saturday with over 180 fresh cases being reported from different parts of the country. This is the highest single-day increase so far. The death toll rose to 21, according to Union Health Ministry data.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India rises to 979. This includes 86 recovered/discharged and 25 deaths.
Deaths have so far been reported from Maharashtra, Kerala, Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh.
The tally of coronavirus cases in Maharashtra rises to 194 after seven more patients are tested positive today. While Pune, Sangli and Nagpur reported one case each, Mumbai reported four positive cases this morning.
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Meanwhile, India’s three-week countrywide lockdown may not be sufficient to prevent the resurgence of the pandemic that could bounce back and cause thousands of infections within months, a study by University of Cambridge researchers has suggested.
The study, being examined by the Indian Council of Medical Research in order to prepare future strategy to contain the outbreak, proposed three lockdowns, for 21-days, 28-days and 18-days, with relaxations of five days in between. The researchers said this would be more effective in slowing the spread and reducing the number of infections.
India is under a 21-day lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus that has infected over 6.6 lakh people globally and killed more than 31,000.
Amid the measures to control the pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today focus on the COVID-19 situation in his ‘Mann ki Baat’ address to the nation. This is the prime minister’s first radio address during the three-week shutdown implemented to tackle the spread of the infection.
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