India became the first country to register more than 300,000 cases of coronavirus in a single day

India on Thursday became the first country to report more than 300,000 cases of coronavirus in one day, surpassing the daily high for infections the United States had so far, a day in which it also linked a new high of one-day deaths, with more than 2,100 deaths.

The Indian Ministry of Health clarified that In the last 24 hours, 314,835 cases have been confirmed, far exceeding the daily maximum recorded Wednesday, when 295,941 were notified, and the daily maximum since the start of the pandemic, 297,430 recorded in January in the United States.

Thus, he said the total number of cases thus stands at 15,930,965, with 184,657 deaths, including 2,104 in the last day, which also represents a new high of daily deaths in the Asian country in the framework of the pandemic.

On the other hand, The ministry pointed out that there are currently 2,291,428 active cases in the country., with the state of Maharashtra – located in Mumbai – at the top of this list, with around 700,000 active cases.

In addition, it estimated the total number of people recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at 13,454,880, amid increased criticism from authorities for the deteriorating situation and the rapid increase in the spread. virus.

The situation led authorities in the capital, New Delhi, to order a lockdown on Monday until April 26 in an attempt to break the cycle of contagion, while restrictions were also adopted in Maharashtra, in this case until to May 1.

This brings the number of people infected in India to 15.9 million since the start of the pandemic, making it the second country most affected by the coronavirus, behind the United States.

In the last 24 hours a total of 2,074 deaths were also recorded, which brings the official toll of the epidemic to nearly 185,000 deaths.

However, the number of cases and deaths as a proportion of the population is still significantly lower in India than in many other countries.

The second wave of covid-19, which is mainly attributed to a “double mutation” of the virus and the maintenance of massive concentrations of people favoring contamination, has once again highlighted the deterioration of the Indian health system.

Several hospitals and clinics in New Delhi have made a desperate appeal to the central government to urgently provide oxygen supplies to hundreds of patients receiving assisted pulmonary ventilation.

(With information from Europa Press and AFP)

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