48,000 infections per day in Maharashtra alone
Crisis of health infrastructure collapse
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India’s richest state and western Maharashtra, home to major economic cities such as Mumbai and Pune, is considering introducing a full blockade to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
According to Indian media such as Times of India on the 3rd, Prime Minister Udav Takerai Maharashtra warned the day before that “if the current situation continues and residents do not curb their activities, a full blockade can be issued within a few days.”
It is planning to prevent residents from going out and moving beyond the current restrictions on night activities introduced in some areas such as Pune.
When the Corona 19 incident occurred in March last year, India imposed a full blockade across the country, and when a major shock occurred in the economy, it was released in order from May to June of the same year.
Currently, most of daily life is allowed except for international flights and quarantine measures in some areas of intensive infection.
“I am concerned about the situation in our state,” said Prime Minister Takerai. “If this condition persists, the health infrastructure will be in short supply within 15 to 20 days.”
The number of new confirmed cases in India a day (based on the Ministry of Health, Family and Welfare) that was counted this morning was 89,129, which surged nearly 10 times in the last month and a half.
In particular, about half of the new confirmed cases are pouring out of Maharashtra.
The number of new cases in Maharashtra on that day was 47,913, and the number of newly infected people in Mumbai and Pune was 8,948 and 9,126, respectively.
The causes of such an explosion in the spread are the spread of a mutant virus with strong infectious power and a weakened quarantine posture.
Experts predict that if the current trend is the same, sooner or later, the number of new confirmed cases will exceed the record high of 97,894 on September 17 last year.
The authorities are trying to stop the spread by strengthening quarantine and expanding vaccinations, but there is no significant effect yet.
In particular, in the case of vaccination, the number of people who received the first vaccination by this day was 7305 million, which is only 5.3% of the population of India.
Accordingly, the authorities have expanded the number of vaccination targets to 45 years of age or older from the 1st. India, which started vaccination on January 16, has allowed vaccinations to medical staff, military police, and the general public only to people with chronic comorbidities over the age of 60 or over 45.
On the other hand, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in India on this day was 12.92 million,
With 260, it ranks third in the world after the United States and Brazil.
/ Reporter Kihyuk Kim [email protected]
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