AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday warned of a “second wave” of COVID-19 infections in some parts as India logged more than 90,000 cases.
New Delhi| India took over Brazil as the second-worst affected nation by the Covid-19 Pandemic on Monday. India recorded over 90,000 new cases of Coronavirus which took the total tally to over 42 Lakh. With this, India surpassed Brazil which maintained the second rank in COVID-19 numbers with over 41 Lakh cases. India is preceded by the United States which has recorded more than 62 Lakh cases.
On Sunday, 90,802 new cases of Coronavirus were registered in India whereas, for another consecutive day, the country recorded more than 1000 deaths. The Total COVID-19 cases in the country at present stand at 42,04,613 with 8,82,542 Active Cases, whereas 32,50,429 have been discharged. The Total Death Toll stands at 71,642.
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The Indian Council of Medical Research said that total 7,20,362 samples were tested on Sunday. Total 4,95,51,507 samples have been tested so far since the pandemic began. Maharashtra still remains the most affected state in the country due to COVID-19 with over 9 Lakh cases recorded so far followed by Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
“Second Wave of Infection”
Meanwhile, AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Sunday warned of a “second wave” of COVID-19 infections in some parts. In an interview with India Today, he said that it is unlikely that Pandemic will be over by 2021. “We can’t say that the pandemic will not spillover to 2021 but what we can say is that the curve will be flatter instead of rising very steeply. We should be able to say the pandemic is ending early next year,” Dr Guleria said.
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