India recorded a fresh spike in the cases of the Novel Coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, India recorded its biggest single day spike till date, 26,500 fresh cases of the COVID-19 infection.
Since the deadly virus broke out in India, it is the second consecutive day, the Country reported a single day spike of over 25,00/cases.
On the 9th of July, India reported 25,536 cases, taking the total to 7,67,296 positive cases with a death toll of 21,129.
On the 10th of July, with new updates India recorded 7,93,802 cases with 21,604 deaths.
Of these 2,76,685 are active cases, 4,95,513 have either been cured or discharged.
Despite improving the recovery rate at 62%, everyday increase is continuing with a rapid speed.
Recently, in regard to the increasing number of cases, the West Bengal Government announced a strict lockdown, from the 9th of July until further notice.
The Madhya Pradesh Government also announced lockdown and curfews on Sundays to avoid the spread of the virus. The Bihar Government also decided to impose strict lockdown in a few regions, where the number of the Novel Coronavirus cases are increasing.
The Telangana Government is also mulling over a two weeks lockdown in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) one of the hotspots for the spread of the deadly infection.
Besides Maharashtra continues to be the worst COVID-19 hit State, Tamil Nadu, Delhi are also becoming the worst Coronavirus hit regions of India.
Maharashtra has 2,30,599 cases of the COVID-19 infection, Tamil Nadu has 1,26,581 cases and Delhi has 1,07,051 cases.
Out of the total, 7,93,802 cases, more than 50% cases are from Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. Despite such an increase in the COVID-19 numbers, the Union Health Ministry denied community transmission, the third stage of the Novel Coronavirus spread.
On the 10th of July, Rajesh Bhushan, the Officer on Special Duty, Ministry of Health, said, “We should not forget that in our country, 49 districts alone account for 80% of COVID-19 cases. In a country of more than 733 districts, if 49 districts account for 80% cases, then it is not justified to talk about community transmission.”
Meanwhile, human trials for recently made Covaxin, a potential vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus infection began.
Bharat Biotech private limited, a Hyderabad based pharma company along with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) started the trials.
Approximately 200 people from Andhra Pradesh volunteered themselves for the trials, which is expected to be done by the end of July.
The ICMR set a deadline of the 15th of August for the clinical human trials, as the Central Government plans to launch the vaccine on the Independence Day, the 15th of August.
However, an official announcement regarding the launch would be made after successful trials.
Meanwhile, globally the deadly virus infected as many as 12,386,140 people and claimed 557,331 lives till the 10th of July.
Stay tuned for further updates.
