A record 18,500 new infections were recorded within one day. A total of 509,000 cases have been registered nationwide.
In India, half a million cases of corona infections have been exceeded. Statistics from the government in New Delhi on Saturday showed a record of 18,500 new infections within one day, bringing the total number of infections registered nationwide to 509,000.
Statistics show that the number of deaths increased by 385 to 15,685. Experts believe that the pandemic in India will not reach its peak in several weeks. According to this, the number of cases of infection could increase to one million by the end of July.
In terms of the number of infections, India is now the fourth most affected country in the world by the coronavirus pandemic. In the densely populated country, the million cities are particularly hard hit by the Corona pandemic. In the capital city of New Delhi alone, the authorities now have 80,000 cases of infection. In order to increase the treatment capacities for corona patients, even railway wagons have been turned into provisional medical wards.
The new type of corona virus is currently also spreading rapidly in other countries in South Asia, such as Pakistan. It affects some of the world’s most populous and poorest cities.
(WHAT / dpa)
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