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India surpassed a somber COVID milestone Thursday, confirming more than 200,000 new cases in a single day as patients and doctors grapple with a shortage of beds and cities announce curfews.
Coronavirus cases had been declining in India for months after reaching a peak last September. But new cases started ticking up last month. Now, they re doubling every ten days or so. Thursday s tally was India s highest since the pandemic began – more than double the previous 2020 peak. There are newer variants of concern that are emerging in India which are probably the biggest reason why the speed at which the cases are rising is almost exponential, said epidemiologist Giridhara Babu of the Public Health Foundation of India.
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A medical worker is seen at a quarantine center for Covid-19 coronavirus infected patients at a banquet hall, which was converted into an isolation center to handle the rising cases of infection in New Delhi, India. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images
India surpassed a somber COVID milestone Thursday, confirming more than 200,000 new cases in a single day as patients and doctors grapple with a shortage of beds and cities announce curfews.
Coronavirus cases had been declining in India for months after reaching a peak last September. But new cases started ticking up last month. Now, they re doubling every ten days or so. Thursday s tally was India s highest since the pandemic began – more than double the previous 2020 peak.
Positive messaging, containment measures and a good vaccination strategy are crucial.
After daily new COVID-19 cases peaked on September 16, 2020, during the first wave, new cases and deaths in India began to increase from the third week of February 2021, marking the beginning of the second wave. The rise in daily cases and deaths has been steep since April 1. On April 14, India reported nearly 2 lakh cases. The seven-day average test positivity rate has also been climbing.
Here we discuss what will it take to contain the second wave?
Guests: Giridhara Babu, an epidemiologist at the Public Health Foundation of India and a member of the Karnataka COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee;
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