Covid
India records world’s biggest spike with 3.14 lakh new Covid-19 cases in a day
The impact of coronavirus second wave is brutal across the country and shockingly, India recorded world’s biggest daily spike with 3.14 lakh new Covid-19 cases. With this, the caseload reached to 1.59 crore. In another grim record, 2,104 Covid deaths were recorded since yesterday.
Maharashtra (67,468), Uttar Pradesh (33,106), Delhi (24,638), Karnataka (23,558) and Kerala (22,414) were the five states that recorded the biggest surge in the last 24 hours.
Undeniably, India is facing one of the biggest health challenges in the recent years with the shortage of medical oxygen, hospital beds and anti-viral drug Remdesivir, used in the treatment of Covid.
The centre has assured that “oxygen demand and supply is being monitored round the clock”.