New Cases: 830,288 (⬆︎ .57%)
New Deaths: 13,486 (⬆︎ .43%)
USA
New Cases: 53,280 (⬆︎ .16%)
New Deaths: 742 (⬆︎ .13%)
Vaccination Scorecard
Total Vaccinations: 138.6 million (⬆︎ 1.02%)
Total Eligible Population: 51.9%
Total Population: 41.8%
We may yet escape most of the 4th wave if we keep doing what we've been doing, and if we can figure out how to address the problems overwhelming places like India right now, so there'll be less chance for it catch the rest of the world on fire.
I guess we just hope Ron Klain is up to it.
India ‘shaken’ by new coronavirus surge, says prime minister, urging everyone to get vaccinated
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged citizens to all get vaccinated as a devastating new wave of infections threatens to overwhelm the nation’s health services amid reports of record numbers of deaths and new cases.
During his monthly radio address, Modi told people not to fall prey to rumors about the vaccines and only consult credible sources.
“Covid is testing our patience and capacity to bear pain,” he said. “After successful tackling the first wave, the nation’s morale was high. However this storm has shaken the nation.”
Inside a Delhi hospital, oxygen runs fatally short as covid cases mount
India weathered a major surge in coronavirus infections last September, approaching almost 100,000 new infections a day, but then it dropped off dramatically leading many to think the virus had been beaten.
Starting in March, however, the number of new cases has grown exponentially and topped 300,000 for the past four days. On Sunday it was announced that there had been 349,691 new cases in the last 24 hours — another global record. There were also 2,767 reported deaths, the highest for India.
Experts caution, however, that the figures are all an undercount in this vast nation of more than 1.3 billion.
The recent surge has been attributed to a degree of complacency as people and officials assumed the virus had been beaten, lifted restrictions and returned to old habits, as well as the emergence of new more virulent variants.
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