On the 7th of May, India reported a total of 52,952 cases of the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 infection.
In just one week, the cases increased with a total of 17,909 cases. On the 1st of May, India had total of 35,043 cases and today, the total is 52,952.
However, according to the Union Health Ministry, the recovery rate of Indians from COVID-19 increased and India is performing bettern than other countries.
Despite such improvements, India is witnessing 2,000 plus cases everyday and crossed 52,000 from the previous day’s 50,000 COVID-19 patients.
Approximately 733 districts are affected by the Novel Coronavirus across India, out of which 130 districts are red zones, 319 districts are green zones and 284 districts are marked as orange zones.
Maharashtra is said to be the worst hit State due to the pandemic illness, with 16,758 cases and 651 deaths till date. After Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the states with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases.
As a precautionary measure in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced to screen everyone living in the containment zones, irrespective of symptoms of COVID-19 infection.
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao extended the lockdown till the 29th of May and
Meanwhile, northeastern states are recovering better, where the increase in cases rate dropped to zero. South Indian states like Telangana and Karnataka also recorded a drop of 3 % in fresh cases of the Novel Coronavirus.
On the other hand, the Central Government is soon going to release a new set of guidelines to contain the spread of the Novel Coronavirus in India.
The new guidelines will come into effect from the 4th of May, a day after the nation wide lockdown would end.
While 35,000 people are affected by the Novel Coronavirus infection in India, worldwide the number of cases stood at 3,849,136 with 2,65,929 deaths till date.
Stay tuned for further updates.
