Coronavirus updates for April 11
Here's a roundup of YourStory's coverage today of how India and the world are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.
Punjab, Maharashtra, and West Bengal join Odisha and Karnataka to extend the lockdown till April 30 to curb the increase of coronavirus infections. In a tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with other state's chief ministers, indicated that India will extend the nationwide lockdown to beyond April 14.
According to Worldometer, there are over 7,800 cases of COVID-19 infections in India, with nearly 250 deaths reported. Across the world, coronavirus cases have crossed 1.7 million, with over 100,000 deaths reported.
India saw a large increase in the number of coronavirus infections, with over 1,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours. According to the Health Ministry, 642 people have been cured of coronavirus as of today.
Meanwhile, the Centre reiterated that it found no evidence of any community transmission in India, and determined the rate of infection to be around two percent.
The US and many European countries have signalled a flattening of the curve. The daily death toll in Spain, once considered an epicentre, is now reducing. Many governors in the US have also indicated that there were fewer new infections being reported. The US currently has around one-third of the total coronavirus cases of the entire world. However, the death toll in the UK has grown to 917, with eight doctors reported dead — all of them immigrants.
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During the video conference with PM Narendra Modi, several chief ministers had suggested extending the coronavirus-led lockdown at least by a fortnight.
(Edited by Suman Singh)
Edited by Suman Singh
