India recorded a significant drop in the number of daily Covid-19 cases with 366,161 fresh infections and 3,754 deaths during the last 24 hours.
According to health ministry data on Monday, India’s tally of infections now stands at 22.66 million, with 246,116 deaths.
The coronavirus cases are surging rapidly in states Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha and Uttarakhand.
Maharashtra reported 48,401 new Covid-19 cases and 920 deaths, followed by Karnataka (47,930), Kerala (35,801), Uttar Pradesh (23,333), Tamil Nadu (28,897), West Bengal (19,441), Delhi (13,336) in the past 24 hours.
The six most affected states by total cases are Maharashtra (5,101,737), Karnataka (1,934,378), Kerala (1,922,249), Uttar Pradesh (1,503,490), Tamil Nadu (1,380,259), Delhi (1,323,567), and Andhra Pradesh (1,287,603).
ARMY MEDICS: Meanwhile, India’s defence ministry said it will recruit hundreds of former army medics to support its overwhelmed healthcare system.
Some 400 medical officers are expected to serve on contract for a maximum of 11 months, the ministry said in a news release on Sunday, adding that other military doctors had also been contacted for online consultations.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a “complete, well-planned, pre-announced” lockdown instead of sporadic night curfews and restrictions imposed by states for a few days at a time.
“IMA is astonished to see the extreme lethargy and inappropriate actions from the ministry of health in combating the agonizing crisis born out of the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,” it said in a statement
