India has surpassed the United States of America in a single-day increase in CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19) making it the world’s third-most infected. It reported 78,761 new cases in 24 hours, a number that surpassed the US cases on July 17, 2020, BBC reported.
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The rise comes as the government continues to lift restrictions to try to boost an economy that lost millions of jobs when the virus hit in March.
An upsurge of Covid-19 in many rural areas continues to be a major concern.
On Sunday, global infections passed the 25 million mark, with 843,000 deaths. The US remains the most affected nation, closing in on six million infections, according to Johns Hopkins University research.
What’s behind the Indian increase?
India’s single-day tally on Sunday passed the one-day increase of 77,299 reported by the United States on 17 July.
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Cardiology doctor, Manoj Kumar, told Reuters: “It is the largest one-day surge in cases worldwide and the reason behind this – because the pandemic is spreading in the rural areas.”
How many Covid-19 deaths is India missing?
In the initial stages of Covid-19, India appeared to be doing fairly well, imposing a strict lockdown, but the virus then hit megacities like Mumbai and Delhi, before surging in smaller cities and rural areas.
Despite the increase, the government has pressed ahead with easing restrictions.
Gatherings of up to 100 people will be allowed at cultural, entertainment and sports events from next month, with face mask and social distancing measures.
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Underground train networks will also start to reopen in big cities.
Dr Rajiv Parekh, chairman of the Medanta division of peripheral vascular and endovascular sciences, told Reuters: “People thought that once the numbers started to go down, this was it, they had won the war…. everybody was out there without wearing a mask, without any social distancing.
“That is something that we should not have allowed to have happened.”
Doctors also say under-reporting and limited testing remain major concerns.
The figure of 63,000 deaths in India is roughly on a par with Mexico. But infections in the central American nation are only at 591,000, compared to India’s 3.5 million.
India’s government collates the number of deaths from positive cases but not from suspected infections.
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On testing, virologist Shahid Jameel, who heads the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, told Agence France Presse: “Testing per million in India at 30,000 remains the second lowest in top 10 [virus-infected] countries
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