India tightens screws as COVID infections hit new record
New wave pushes national total to 12.5m infections,165,000 deaths
By AFP - Apr 06,2021 - Last updated at Apr 06,2021
Relatives and friends lower the dead body of a COVID-19 coronavirus victim during the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi on Monday (AFP photo)
NEW DELHI India s worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday.
The United States is the only nation that has regularly registered so many cases in one day. Brazil recorded triple digits once in March.
In India, hopes at the start of the year that the outbreak may be subsiding in the vast nation of 1.3 billion people have been dashed in recent weeks as a fresh wave pushed the national total to 12.5 million infections and 165,000 deaths.
World
April 6, 2021
NEW DELHI: India’s worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday.
The United States is the only nation that has regularly registered so many cases in one day. Brazil recorded triple digits once in March. In India, hopes at the start of the year that the outbreak may be subsiding in the vast nation of 1.3 billion people have been dashed in recent weeks as a fresh wave pushed the national total to 12.5 million infections and 165,000 deaths.
Maharashtra, the worst-hit state and home to India’s financial and entertainment capital Mumbai, recorded nearly 60,000 cases in the last 24 hours. Struggling state authorities on Sunday tightened the evening curfew to allow only people involved in essential services out of their homes from 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
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