China’s low Covid death count could just be data manipulation
The deaths after the Covid measures are lifted raised questions among the people.
The deaths after the Covid measures are lifted raised questions among the people.
A total of 461 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in Delhi on Saturday out of 8646 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital.
According to scientists, the South African and Brazilian strains can more easily infect a person's lungs than the UK mutation.
The effective implementation by the State/UT governments has resulted in early identification, prompt isolation and timely clinical management of the hospitalized cases.
"The Union Health Secretary has written to all the states to keep a strict vigil on all events that could be potential "superspreader" events and to curb crowding in the wake of the New Year celebrations and various events associated with it as well as on-going winter season," the Health Ministry said in a statement.
82,753 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases stand at 73,272.
The states contributing maximum to the overall number of tests include Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra among others.
India has come a long way from conducting just one test from the lab in Pune in January 2020 to crossing 4 crore tests milestone.
