Covid-19 cases in India near 11,000-mark, death toll touches 353
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 14
The rapidly progressing COVID 19 epidemic on Tuesday neared the 11,000 case mark in India clocking 353 deaths by evening as the disease graph continues to peak.
The ministry, which held its usual evening press briefing for an update on the number of coronavirus cases in India, said on Tuesday evening that 1,211 new coronavirus cases were reported from various parts of the country with 31 deaths in the last 24 hours.
The Ministry’s count put the numbers at 10,815 on Tueday evening—up from 9,352 last night—in a matter of a day, with deaths also rising to 353 officially.
Meanwhile, India is ramping up its hospital preparedness with over 600 dedicated COVID hospitals in place and more being built.
The women self-help groups across the country have been roped in for making masks with the PM advising people not to step out of the house without a mask.
India will further get first supply or antibody kits by April 15 after which it plans to increase blood sample based testing in hotspots to check the scale and extent of the disease.
India’s average sample testing per day even today is around 16,000, which experts say is low and may be hiding the actual national disease burden.
Antibody kits have to be imported and the Government has engaged various countries for help, including China.
COVID Disease graph has been peaking since March 29 when India had only 979 cases. The case load had gone up ten times in a matter of 13 days with new clusters like Delhi’s Nizamuddin emerging and disproportionately adding to the disease load. With PTI
