Only around 40 million people, or less than 4% of the population, have received at least one dose of vaccine so far, according to official data.
The surge in infections in India coincides with multi-stage state elections in West Bengal and Assam, seen as a test of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the pandemic and mass protests over sweeping agriculture reforms. In Delhi, Mumbai and elsewhere, there were bans or restrictions on the Hindu festival of Holi and the Muslim Shab-e-Barat or Day of Forgiveness, which both fell at the weekend and would usually prompt large gatherings.īut despite the curbs, hundreds of people gathered for a Holi ritual in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Sunday. "In some districts, beds are not available and the capacity of the facility is falling short," he added in a statement.Ĭases are also rising in the states of Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra's Principal Health Secretary Pradeep Vyas said 107,000 of the state's 357,000 isolation beds were occupied. Residential areas in Mumbai with five or more reported COVID-19 cases have been ordered to be sealed off. Hotels, pubs and shopping malls must observe the curfew. So we have to strictly implement total lockdown to break the chain, Patil said. to stop the spread, only essential services will be allowed (at night)," said Mumbai Mayor Kishor Pednekar. Partial lockdown has not helped in reducing cases. "We are seeing a higher COVID positive rate in high-rise residential buildings than in slums. India recorded 62,714 new cases in the space of 24 hours on Sunday, the Health Ministry said - the biggest jump since October - as well as 312 deaths. The state was also geared to tackle the ongoing Covid wave in terms of oxygen supplies and there was no need to depend on other states, said Tope.A senior official in the state government said the lockdown could take effect "in the coming days" as officials had been asked to prepare to implement it in a phased manner. Consequently, the government is laying stress on home quarantine. The daily case surge would top 25,000 on Wednesday, but 90 per cent of the new infections are either asymptomatic or mild. But fortunately, most of the Omicron variant cases were mild and patients did not need oxygen. The minister pointed out that there was a spurt in new Covid-19 infections in the state – which have shot up from just 7,000 about 15 days ago to 66,000 now – indicating a community spread in the third wave of the pandemic. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the state cabinet in Mumbai, which was chaired by Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister. However, the challenge at the moment is to make sure that the restrictions already announced be implemented properly.”īut if cases continue to soar, the government may decide to curtail non-essential activities.
“A lockdown means totally shutting off all activities which we are not going to do. India's new Covid-19 cases double in four days to 58,097.
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