NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said she has taken inputs from various industry chambers on concerns of India Inc with regard to the management of Covid-19 pandemic and the centre would continue to work with state governments to save lives and livelihood.
She sought feedback from businesses to deal with the impact of the second Covid wave on the country s economy.
It is to be noted that the economy contracted by a whopping 23.9 per cent in the first quarter (April-June) of the previous financial year due to the outbreak of the Covid pandemic. Spoke on telephone with each of the following business/Chamber leaders. Took their inputs on industry/Association related matters. Informed them that GoI at various levels from @PMOIndia is responding to #Covid management. Working together with states for lives and livelihoods, she said in a tweet.
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India records 16,488 new COVID-19 cases and 113 deaths in last 24 hours
PTIFeb 27, 2021, 12:38 IST
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India registered a single-day spike of over 16,000
COVID-19 cases for the third day in a row on Saturday, pushing the infection tally to 1,10,79,979, while the recoveries surged to 1,07,63,451, according to
Union Health Ministry data.
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total of 16,488 novel coronavirus cases were reported in a day, while the
death toll rose to 1,56,938 with 113 new fatalities, showed the data updated at 8 am on Saturday. The active case count has further increased to 1,59,590, which comprises 1.44 per cent of the total infections, the data stated.
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The number of recoveries reached 1,07,63,451, which translates to a national
NEW DELHI: Daily Covid-19 cases in India registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day with the country recording 14,264 new cases, taking the total tally to 1,09,91,651, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.
The death toll increased to 1,56,302 with 90 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The country had registered 18,855 infections in a day on January 29.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,06,89,715 which translates to a national Covid-19 recovery rate of 97.25 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent. The Covid-19 active caseload remained below 1.5 lakh.
There are 1,45,634 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.32 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
India News: A total of 13,993 new cases were registered in a span of 24 hours. The death toll increased to 101 daily new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am show