MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s largest cities gathered on Saturday for tighter blockades and other edges of COVID-19 as infections reached a six-month high as the rise continued. a month in the country, the third most affected by the pandemic.
India’s richest state, Maharashtra, accounted for more than half of the 89,129 new cases reported by the national health ministry in the past 24 hours, with a record 47,827 infections.
The head of state minister warned citizens of a closure if cases continued to increase at the current rate, and said the medical infrastructure would be inadequate in a couple of weeks.
In the southern state of Karnataka, home to India’s technology capital, Bengaluru, authorities have ordered the closure of gyms, banned functions in religious places and indicated in cinemas, bars , pubs and restaurants that limited the number of people allowed at the entrance.
India’s capital, New Delhi, recorded more than 3,500 cases, the highest this year, but its chief minister ruled out another closure for now.
Daily coronavirus cases have increased from about 15,000 in early March to about 88,000 in early April.
The South Asian country recorded 89,129 new infections and 714 deaths, according to the ministry. This was the largest daily rise since Sept. 20 and the highest death toll since Oct. 21, according to a Reuters account.
India only follows the United States and Brazil in infections, with more than 12 million recorded since the outbreak began.
The government has stepped up its vaccine in recent weeks, but firing has been slow to reach 1.3 billion people in India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticized for exporting vaccines produced in India when most Indians still do not get them.
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Shilpa Jamkhandikar Reports; Edited by Clarence Fernandez and William Mallard