Ten states Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have shown a steep rise in the daily COVID-19 cases accounting for83.02 per centof the new infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. India s daily cases continue to rise and 1,68,912 fresh coronavirus infections were registered in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise since the outbreak of the pandemic.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily cases at 63,294. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 15,276 while Delhi reported 10,774 new cases. Sixteen states Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Kerala, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
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Image: 123RF/HXDBZXY An important judgment handed down at the Constitutional Court last week is likely to have huge implications for the department of health and all those who have suffered at the hands of negligent health-care workers.
We all know about the medico-legal claims saga that has dogged the health department, particularly in the Eastern Cape, for several years now.
As a result of medical negligence, the department has forked out billions of rand in claims.
This, naturally, had an impact on its ability to deliver good service to the public.
The situation has become so dire that the Eastern Cape health department will fork out more on medico-legal claim payments R4.4bn in the current financial year than on the delivery of health-care services which is budgeted at 3.4bn.
The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the Government of Chhattisgarh which says containment zone is not strictly followed and RTPCR tests are also decreasing in the state.
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