The number of Coronavirus infections in India crossed 17,000 and the death toll 550. Meanwhile, US president Donald Trump has warned China of “consequences” if it emerges that Beijing knowingly allowed the spread of the virus outside the country.
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The government said the coronavirus infection rate in the country has almost halved since the Centre announced a nationwide lockdown from March 25. Meanwhile, the RBI has extended a ₹1 lakh crore lifeline to NBFCs, FIs to stay afloat during the Covid-19 crisis.
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The official number of people infected by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in India remains well below 13,000. The ICMR said it will be incorrect to say India is testing less people for the infection.
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The global cases of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, infections crossed two million on Wednesday and the death toll crossed 130,000. In India, the number of people infected has crossed 12,000 and the death toll 400, according to the latest John Hopkins University figures.
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The Centre has classified 170 districts across the country as coronavirus hotspots and 207 districts as non-hotspots. It has green-signalled limited resumption of economic activities in the country after April 20 outside the hotspots.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown to stop the transmission of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, infection by over two weeks to May 3. However, Modi also indicated that some of the restrictions may be eased after April 20.
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The number of people infected by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in India has crossed 10,000, on Monday. The death toll too increased sharply and crossed 350 with 51 deaths reported during the same day. This is India’s highest number of deaths from the disease in a single day.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court modified its earlier ruling and said only the poor will be eligible for free testing for coronavirus infection in private labs. In its earlier order last week, the court had said free testing should be available for all.
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PM Narendra Modi had a meeting with state CMs over a videoconference on COVID-19 situation in the country where they reached a broad agreement that the Centre and the states would work on a strategy to lift the nationwide lockdown currently imposed to stop the outbreak.
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The worldwide death toll due to the raging coronavirus pandemic has crossed the 100,000 mark while the total number of infections across the world is set to touch 1.7 million. India witnessed a record spike of 873 fresh cases in the last 24 hours.
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