Wuhan once more
The people of Wuhan are bracing for the second outbreak of Covid19 and it is fervently to be hoped that virus shall not spread further afield.
The people of Wuhan are bracing for the second outbreak of Covid19 and it is fervently to be hoped that virus shall not spread further afield.
Registering a steady increase for the 19th day in row, the active cases have increased to 5,21,808 comprising 4.33 per cent of the total infections, while the recovery rate has further dropped to 94.32 per cent.
City doctors attribute this uptick to peoples complacency and their not following corona protocols.
About 72 per cent of the daily new cases are reported from six states -- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka.
About 70 per cent of the daily new cases are reported from seven states -- Kerala, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.
Kolkata recorded 238 cases and 9 deaths. In the last 24 hours, 1,136 patients were discharged from hospitals.
Positivity rate plunges to 0.88 pc, lowest in over 8 months; recovery rate rises to 97.15 pc.
With the surge, India crosses 41 lakh mark and inches closer to Brazil in terms of the number of cases recorded as it is only 9,000 cases behind.
