Not long after the Indian government policy loosening the lockdown, there are new types of coronavirus infections in India. India is now the fourth highest infection country in the world after the United States, Brazil, and Russia. The Indian government reports the biggest surge in new cases of daily Coronavirus infection has reached 11,458 cases.
India loosening national lockdown
Cases of Coronavirus infections in the country continue to increase despite the introduction of a national lockdown since late March to control the spread of the Coronavirus. However, the government has loosened the lockdown.
This new surge in infection occurred after India allowed re-opening of shops, shopping centers, factories, and religious sites. The Indian government decided to open the lockdown policy to reduce the country’s economic burden.
Mumbai, New Delhi, and Chennai are the cities with the highest cases. Besides, the number of Corona cases in the state of Maharashtra, western India has now reached 100,000.
Although the number of cases of Corona infection continues to increase, the cure rate of COVID-19 patients also improves. The government states that there are more than 147 thousand people have recovered from Corona infections.
Besides, infections in rural areas also surged after migrant workers who left cities due to losing their jobs returned to their home villages.
According to World O Meters, India now has 333,475 cases with 9,524 people dead when this news was published.
Mosque closed
The government closed the big mosque in the capital city of New Delhi, the Jama Masjid after reopening it on June 8, 2020 because of fears of spreading the coronavirus.
Authorities have warned that infections could surge in the coming weeks, and the mosque manager has decided not to risk it.
Authorities in the southern state of Kerala also announced that they would postpone monthly meetings in Sabarimala, a popular Hindu temple that has the potential to be visited by tens of thousands of devotees.
Many parties questioned the government’s decision to reopen places of worship that visited by millions of people every day. The local government in New Delhi on Tuesday warned that cases of coronavirus infection in the capital could reach 550,000 by the end of July and overwhelmed health workers to treat patients.
Crematoriums are getting overwhelmed
New Delhi officially reports nearly 1,100 deaths from the coronavirus.
The Nigambodh Ghat crematorium in New Delhi has handled more than 500 cremation victims of the coronavirus since the outbreak. When several gas-burning combustion facilities were damaged and no one wanted to repair them. The staff forced to use wood using traditional burning methods.
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