2701 New Covid 19 Cases registered in Maharashtra
Accordingly india saw an increase of 10,667 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with the total count of cases crossing 3.43 lakh on Tuesday.Prime minister narendra modi said that india is among countries with the least number of deaths due to COVID-19 and noted that the country can minimise its losses if all the rules to prevent the spread of coronavirus are followed.He also claimed that timely decisions have helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in the country.Today, the PM is likely yo interact with Chief Ministers of the remaining states, including maharashtra, after he spoke to the first batch.Meanwhile, Maharashtra's tally has increased by 2,701 to 1,13,445 and the state recorded fresh death of 81 patients and added 1,328 deaths not reported previously.
prime minister modi will on wednesday hold an interaction with chief ministers of states such as maharashtra, delhi, West bengal, tamil Nadu, gujarat, and others, which are seeing a spurt in Covid-19 cases and death numbers.On tuesday, interacting with chief ministers of 21 states and UTs, the prime minister expressed grief over deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic in india while adding that India’s death toll was one of the lowest. During the meeting, punjab chief minister amarinder singh requested the Centre to work closely with states to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy while stressing that the lockdown to limit the spread of the infection can’t continue indefinitely.
Meanwhile, researchers leading the RECOVERY clinical trial in the united kingdom announced that dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory low-cost drug, reduces death by up to one-third in hospitalised patients diagnosed with acute respiratory complications of Covid-19.Globally, as many as 8,155,266 people have been infected with the virus while 441,505 have lost their lives while battling the pandemic and 3,945,763 people have recovered. The US, which is the worst-hit country, has 2,137,707 infections so far with 1,16,962 deaths. Meanwhile, beijing officials reported 31 new confirmed infections for june 16, bringing the cumulative infections since thursday to 137 cases, the worst resurgence of the disease in the city since early February.