The Ministry of Health’s announcement means that nearly 10% of the more than one million people who die internationally in the pandemic have done so in India alone in the United States and Brazil. India has registered more than 6. 4 million people with infections, registering more than 79,000 new instances in the following 24 hours.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have been criticized for not avoiding the march of the virus, which in September hit India harder than any other country in the world: nearly 41% of total infections in India and 34% of COVID deaths. -19 were reported in September in September, with an average of almost 1,100 Indians dying one day from the virus.
As in many countries, Modi and his government have struggled to strike a balance between viral restrictions and a desire to stimulate a shrinking economy in which millions of others are recently unemployed.
Although the country has reached the 100,000 deaths shown, experts estimate that this number is still underestimated and say that many COVID-19 deaths could have been attributed to other causes, especially in the early days of the pandemic, when trials were incredibly low for a country of 1. 4 billion.
“The number of deaths in India reflects the true extent of the damage caused by the virus,” Dr. T said. Jacob John, retired virologist.
India’s poor track record of recording awareness of mortality even before the pandemic has further amplified questions about the actual number of deaths. On Wednesday, U. S. President Donald Trump, in the first presidential debate, warned that India did not report the deaths, provided no evidence.
The first death of COVID-19 in India was reported on 12 March. Over the next five months, the disease killed 50,000 people. It only took forty-five more days for this figure to double, underlining the severity of a pandemic that hit the extended care groups. and morgues and also contributed to the deaths of fitness professionals.
The Indian Medical Association said Friday that at least 500 doctors had died of coronavirus, adding that the death toll could be much higher. line fitness personnel who had contracted coronavirus and died.
Among the dead Abdul Quddoos, 58, of Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, who died on 28 May, a gp, husband and father of three children.
On Saturday, his son, Mohd Danish, 32, was by his grave in New Delhi’s largest Muslim cemetery with flower petals.
“I think patients are being cared for in hospitals,” Danish said.
A few feet away, Mohammad Shameem, a gravedigger who now also oversees burials, helped reduce the frame in a roped grave. Under the gaze of grieving parents, Shameem visibly tired described the extent of the number of viruses.
“Now there is very little room left in the cemetery, ” said Shameem. “We’re going to build an area for the fourth time. “
The virus has wreaked havoc in southern Maharashtra, one of India’s largest and richest states; has recorded just 1. 3 million cases, totaling more than 37,000 deaths; in neighboring Karnataka, the death toll is about 9,000.
The two states account for approximately 45% of total COVID-19 deaths in the country.
Other states such as Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh have had more than 5,000 deaths each.
Global figures also show that India’s urban districts accounted for nearly 80% of the death toll, yet fitness experts have warned of an increase in “slow combustion” in the vast areas of the country’s interior. Country.
“India has an insufficient fitness system, which is unbalanced and unfairly distributed. The virus has aggravated these disruptions in Indian cities and rural areas will soon face the same thing,” John said.
Despite the numbers continuing to rise, India’s wiser fitness officials have used the COVID-19 death rate of 1. 56%, almost part of the global rate, as evidence of their good fortune in the combat against the pandemic and as a basis for easing restrictions and reopening the economy.
India also has the highest number of cured patients in the world: more than 5. 4 million people have recovered, or more than 83% of those infected, according to the Ministry of Health.
With the moment of maximum infection reported in the world, India’s crisis contrasts with Modi’s statement before the end of March that “the war on the coronavirus will last 21 days. “
Public fitness experts say a disorderly blockade, which has led millions of migrant workers to flee villages and villages, in all likelihood carrying the virus with them, is more confusing in the fight against the virus.
However, India will reopen cinemas and entertainment parks with limited capacity from October 15, with the aim of reviving the economy.
Health experts warn that this resolution could spread the virus in the upcoming festival and winter season.
“India be cautious, very cautious, ” said John.
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Associated Press reporter Shonal Ganguly contributed to the report.
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