Covid-19 Surge: With the COVID-19 viral disease spreading its deadly wings across the country, India has now replaced Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally as the country registered a record 1,68,912 infections in 24 hours, as per the Health Ministry on April 12.
India’s overall count breached 13.53 million, surpassing Brazil’s 13.45 million cases, according to data compiled by Reuters. The United States remains at the number one spot in terms of infections with 31.2 million cases so far. Deaths in India stood at 904 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 1,70,179, as per official data.
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This comes a day after when the country kicked off a 4-day-long “Tika Utsav” or vaccine festival to inoculate a maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus. It is being held following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the chief ministers of all states and union territories during a meeting over the coronavirus situation on Saturday.
Maharashtra (14% of new tests), Uttar Pradesh (13%), and Gujarat (9%) led the list in terms of the absolute number of new tests conducted till April 10. However, in terms of tests conducted relative to the population size, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand were the front-runners.
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Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is holding a crucial meet to discuss the lockdown situation in the state. While PM Modi had asked the country to participate in huge numbers in the Tika Utasav (vaccination festival), Shive Sena's mouthpiece has attacked the Centre over not providing adequate Coronavirus vaccine.