The fatality rate due to Covid-19 in India is 2.82 per cent and it is one of the lowest in the world, said the Union Health Ministry. “Only 10 per cent of India's population accounts for 50 per cent of India's Covid-19 linked deaths and 73 per cent of Covid-19 deaths in India are people with co-morbidities," said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry.
India on Tuesday logged 200,000 cases of coronavirus - roughly 15 days after it crossed the one lakh mark. For the last three days, the country has been reporting more than 8,000 infections a day. The death toll has reached 5,598.
India is now the seventh-worst hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia, the UK, Spain and Italy, according to the WHO's coronavirus tracker.
Italy, with 233,000 cases is in the sixth slot. The US with more than 18,00,000 cases, is the nation worst hit by the virus, followed by Brazil, with more than 520,000. Among the states, Maharashtra remains the nation's coronavirus hotspot with more than 70,000 cases.
17,000 cases in Gujarat, death toll 1,063
The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat climbed over the 17,000 mark, with 423 fresh cases reported on Monday taking the total to 17,217, while 25 more succumbed, taking the death toll to 1,063. Monday also saw the highest number of patients – 861 – being discharged from hospitals after being treated.
In the last three days, since the announcement of Unlock-1 and more relaxation, over 400 cases are being detected daily.
Ahmedabad alone had 314 cases detected on Monday, followed by Surat with 39, Vadodara with 31, Gandhinagar with 11, Mahesana with six, Banaskantha, Rajkot and Sabarkantha with three each, Anand and Porbandar with two each and Bhavnagar, Aravalli, Panchmahals, Mahisagar, Patan, Valsad and Surendranagar with one case each. Of Monday's fatalities, Ahmedabad accounted for the lion's share at 22. Two patients from Surat and one patient from Aravalli also succumbed to the virus.
Till date, out of the total deaths, 864 people have died in Ahmedabad alone, followed by 71 in Surat, 41 in Vadodara, 14 in Gandhinagar, 10 each in Anand and Panchmahals, eight in Bhavnagar, six in Patan and five each in Mahesana and Aravalli.
With the 861 patients discharged on Monday, a total of 10,780 patients have been cured so far.
Of the total cases, Ahmedabad continued to lead the state with maximum, at 12,494, followed by Surat with 1,659, Vadodara with 1,074, Gandhinagar with 285, Bhavnagar with 275, Mahesana with 120, Mahisagar with 116, Rajkot with 115, Banaskantha with 114, Sabarkantha with 106, Aravalli with 105, Anand with 101, Panchmahals with 89, Patan and Kutch with 80 each, Kheda with 68, Botad with 59 and Jamnagar with 54 positive cases.
Karnataka recorded a biggest single day spike of 388 cases, with returnees from neighboring Maharashtra continuing to add to the state's tally, taking the total number of infections in the state to 3,796, the health department said. With 367 out of 388 new cases being returnees from other states, mostly from neighboring Maharashtra (357), the Karnataka government said it was considering increasing institutional quarantine for those returning from the western state.
Meanwhile, achieving a milestone in the battle against the coronavirus, the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences at Hubballi has successfully treated a Covid-19 patient through plasma therapy.
Curbs eased but can’t lower guard, says PM
A day before further easing of the lockdown, with significant curbs restricted to containment zones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi struck a note of caution and asked people to guard against complacency, while emphasising the need to maintain physical distancing, use masks and practise good hygiene.
"Lowering of guard is not an option," the PM said as he referred to the plan for full resumption of rail and domestic air travel and reopening of a "substantial chunk" of the economy. “Much has resumed, Shramik Special trains are operational, other special trains too have begun. With utmost precautions, flights have resumed, industry too is returning to normalcy, thus opening up a major segment of the economy. In such a scenario, we need to be even more alert and careful. There should be no laxity on our part in complete adherence,” Modi said in his monthly radio programme ‘Mann ki Baat’.
