Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the total quota of oxygen to 300 metric tonnes (MT), and ensure urgent supplies of vaccine for the state, which has been facing shortage on both counts.The Chief Minister raised these issues when PM Modi called him up to discuss the state s COVID-19 situation and the measures being taken to tackle the crisis.The Prime Minister assured of all possible help, Singh said later, adding he hoped the Centre would take immediate steps to supplement the oxygen supplies, and ensure that vaccine doses were sent to Punjab on priority to help the state effective manage the situation triggered by the second wave of the pandemic.
India sees dip in infections; records 3.66L cases, 3,754 deaths
By IANS| Published: 10th May 2021 11:56 am IST A health worker collects swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 test (PTI Photo)
New Delhi: Witnessing a decline, India on Monday recorded 3,66,161 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 3,754 fatalities, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
On Sunday, India recorded 4.03 lakh cases for the fifth time after May 1. On Friday, India recorded the highest ever 4,14,188 cases.
In the past 18 days India’s daily Covid tally has risen by over three lakh cases and over 3,000 casualties have been reported for the last 12 days.
Covid cases drop as testing dips in Odisha
The number of new cases dropped from 11,807 to 10,635 in last 24 hours as testing dipped across the districts.
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BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha continued to report over 10,000 cases a day for the fourth consecutive day, a distinct failure to increase testing, particularly in the western districts where the test positivity rate (TPR) is alarmingly high, has posed a serious concern.
The number of new cases dropped from 11,807 to 10,635 in last 24 hours as testing dipped across the districts. The State had conducted 48,757 tests including 17,946 through RT-PCR during the period against 50,864 including 20,365 RT-PCR tests on Saturday. The TPR, however, stood at 21.8 per cent (pc) as compared to 23.2 pc a day before.