A record 3,689 deaths due to corona in the country, many states increased restrictions

The number of deaths in a day is now set in the crisis of Corona, which is getting deeper day by day in the country. When the Ministry of Health released regular statistics at eight o’clock on Sunday morning, information of 3,689 deaths due to corona in the last 24 hours was revealed. Thus, the death toll from Corona has so far reached 2,15,542 in India. During this period 3,92,488 new cases of infection occurred. Till now, 1,92,57,457 people have fallen prey to this disease.

Due to a sharp increase in corona cases, the corona curfew in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal has been extended from May 12 to May 3 till May 10. On the other hand, the Odisha government has imposed a 14-day lockdown in the state to prevent corona infection in the state from May 5.

Strict steps are taken in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir

The Haryana government has imposed a one-week lockdown in the state from May 3 to curb the corona infection. Earlier, the weekend curfew was implemented in nine districts of Haryana. At the same time, all schools, colleges, universities, technical and skill development institutes will remain closed till 31 May in Jammu and Kashmir.

PM Modi reviewed the availability of oxygen

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the availability of oxygen and drugs in a virtual meeting with experts on Sunday. He also reviewed the state of human resources in relation to the corona epidemic and outlined ways to improve it. During the meeting, several steps were taken to encourage the students and to encourage the pass-outs of medical and nursing courses to be included in the Covid Duty.

Consideration on converting nitrogen plant into oxygen plant

The meeting also considered the feasibility of conversion of the existing nitrogen plant to produce oxygen by the government. The meeting discussed the possibilities of converting nitrogen plant to oxygen production. 14 have been identified in the meeting where the conversion of nitrogen plant is taking place. Officials at the meeting said that 37 nitrogen plants have also been identified with the help of industry associations.

Over 33.49 lakh active cases

Meanwhile, the number of active cases has gone up to 33,49,644. This is 17.13 percent of the total cases of infection. The recovery rate from Corona has come down to 81.77 percent and death rate has come down to 1.10 percent. So far, 1, 59,92,271 people have been cured of the disease.

What do the figures say?

The past seven August corona infection cases in the country crossed the 20 lakh mark. While the figure of 50 lakhs was crossed on 16 September and one crore on 19 December. By the 19th of April last, more than 1.50 crore people had become infected in the country.

Detection of 18,04,954 samples

According to ICMR, 29,01,42,339 samples have been tested in the country now. While 18,04,954 samples were tested on Saturday (May 1). There have been a total of 2,15,542 deaths in the country, including 69,615 from Maharashtra, 16,559 from Delhi, 15,794 from Karnataka, 14,193 from Tamil Nadu, 12,874 from Uttar Pradesh, 11447 from Bengal, 9,160 from Punjab, and 8,810 from Chhattisgarh.

Highest deaths in Maharashtra

Of the 3,689 more people who died from corona in the last 24 hours, 802 were from Maharashtra, 412 from Delhi, 304 from Uttar Pradesh, 271 from Karnataka, 229 from Chhattisgarh, 169 from Gujarat, 169 from Jharkhand, 160 from Rajasthan, 147 from Tamil Nadu. , 138 from Punjab, 125 from Haryana, 107 from Uttarakhand, 103 from Bengal, and 102 from Madhya Pradesh.