India registered 103,558 new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, the biggest increase in single-day infections in the pandemic.
The number of new daily cases in India has steadily increased since March 10, with the country also reporting 741,830 active cases on Monday – the highest since October 20.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level meeting on Sunday to review the situation at Covid-19.
“(He) drew attention to avoid mortality in all circumstances, increasing health infrastructure, oxygen availability, ventilators in addition to the necessary logistics and ensuring that clinical management protocols are followed in all hospitals, as well as for patients. home care, “statement from the prime minister’s office said.
Modi also referred a team of public health experts to be sent to the state of Maharashtra, which has contributed 57% of the country’s number of coronavirus cases in the past two weeks.
On Monday, India recorded 12,589,067 cases of coronavirus, the third largest in the world, including 165,101 related deaths and 11,682,136 recoveries. It also distributed 79,105,163 doses of vaccines, according to the Ministry of Health of India.