Dramatic coronavirus outbreak continues in India: new daily record with over 273,000 infections and 1,600 deaths

The Indian government confirmed on Monday that the country had registered a new daily record cases of coronavirus, with about 274,000, with what exceeds the threshold of 15 million infections, in the middle of a rebound that triggered alarms from the authorities.

The Indian Ministry of Health confirmed through its account on the social network Twitter that during the last 24 hours they have been notified 273,810 cases and 1,619 deaths, which increases the numbers totals at 15,061,919 and 178,769, respectively, since the start of the pandemic.

In addition, he stated that at this time there are 1,919,329 active cases, 128,013 more than the day before. In contrast, 12,953,821 people have recovered from COVID-19, including 144,178 in the last day.

the Maharashtra state, where is Bombay, continues to feature as the epicenter of the rebound, with approximately 69,000 infections and more than 500 deaths. The state accumulates 34.83% of active cases.

Data released by the ministry also reveals a drastic increase in active cases over the past month, to surpass 1.9 million, almost double the previous maximum, recorded on September 18 with just over a million infections. .

In this context, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was criticized for organizing public events despite the sharp increase in the number of cases, including a Saturday when he was not wearing a mask.

“India defeated COVID-19 last year and India can do it again”he said a few hours later.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhav Zackeray said on Saturday he had tried to contact Modi to address the lack of oxygen and medicine in the state to treat patients, although he was told the Prime Minister minister was busy with public events, according to the Bloomberg news agency.

For his part, the Chief Minister of Punjab, Amarinder Singh, accused the Prime Minister of sending doses to other countries, because this quantity of vaccine, some 123 million doses, is enough to give the two necessary to 1 , 2% of the 1.4%. billion people living in India.

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