India: 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, a record

disturbing record. India has recorded 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to official data released Thursday, April 15, as a second wave of massive contamination continues to gain momentum in the country of 1, 3 billion inhabitants.

The daily number of contaminations has more than doubled since the beginning of April. India, which has recorded a total of more than 14.1 million cases, also deplored 1,038 deaths in 24 hours, or nearly 175,000 deaths in total, according to data from the Ministry of Health. The vast Asian country became the second country most affected by Covid-19 on Monday in terms of new infections per day, overtaking Brazil.

Religious holidays and political meetings incriminated

Experts blame religious holidays, political meetings and all crowded public places. On Wednesday, the government postponed the school exams scheduled for May-June for 15-18 year olds. This new outbreak in India, with two million new infections this month, has led many severely affected states and territories to impose restrictions or even partial containments.

The richest state in the country, Maharashtra, the main source of contamination, last week imposed a lockdown on weekends and a night curfew. But this state, which is home to the economic capital, Bombay, has warned that total containment – a drastic measure that the authorities seek at all costs to avoid to protect an already devastated economy – could be instituted in the coming days if the contaminations continue to ‘increase.

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