India has registered 103,558 new cases of Covid-19 months, the largest increase in its infections in a single day so far in the pandemic.
The number of new daily cases in India has risen steadily since March 10, with the country also reporting 741,830 active cases on Monday – the highest since October 20.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a summit on Sunday to review the situation in Covid-19.
“(He) drew attention to avoid mortality in all circumstances, by stepping up healthcare infrastructure, availability of oxygen, ventilators in addition to the necessary logistics and ensuring compliance with clinical management protocols in all hospitals and at home. “, Said a statement from the prime minister’s office.
Modi also directed a team of public health specialists to be sent to the state of Maharashtra, which contributed 57% of the total number of coronavirus cases in the country in the last two weeks.
As of Monday, India had 12,589,067 cases of coronavirus, the third largest in the world, including 165,101 deaths and 11,682,136 recoveries. It also distributed 79,105,163 doses of vaccine, according to the Indian Ministry of Health.