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Shocking: Nearly 40,000 new Covid-19 cases in India
In a shocking and worrisome incident, India witnessed 40,000 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest daily-rise since November 29 – as government warns against protocol violations and authorities prepare for a second Covid wave.
39,726 new cases took India’s Covid tally to 1,15,14,331; 154 deaths in the last 24 hours took the total number fatalities to 1,59,370.
As per government data, Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka and Gujarat are the five states that have recorded the highest single-day surge since yesterday.
On the other hand, the government is trying to vaccinate and test as many people amid uptick in cases.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi – at a meeting with chief ministers – had stressed that India has “to immediately stop the emerging second peak and take big and decisive steps”.