Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched accused the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh government of "suppressing truth" about deaths in Maha Kumbh earlier this year and alleged that "like in COVID, the bodies of the poor were erased from the statistics".
India's active COVID-19 cases stand at 3,961 as of 8 AM on Monday, June 2, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The cumulative COVID-19 deaths in the country since January this year have increased to 32, with four deaths reported since Sunday.
"One patient had oral cancer, while the other suffered from nephrotic syndrome. Both the deaths were attributed to their pre-existing conditions rather than Covid-19." Sources told ANI.
India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The total active caseload increased by four, reaching 4,097, according to Union Health Ministry data.
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in five states -- Kerala, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat and Karnataka, Union Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya chaired a high-level meeting on Wednesday with top officials and chief health secretaries.
The national capital recorded 7 deaths from Covid-19 for the second consecutive day, over the last 24 hours, the Health department said in a bulletin on Thursday.
Maharashtra reported four deaths due to Covid-19 infection, and 850 new cases in the last 24 hours, state's health department said in a bulletin on Saturday.
Amid rising Covid-19 cases in the country, Maharashtra reported 450 new cases of the infection and 3 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).
China's Ministry of Transport estimates over 2 billion passenger trips will take place during the 40-day Lunar New Year season as people across the country will be travelling domestically and abroad for the first time without travel restrictions since the start of the pandemic over three yea
Himachal Pradesh registered four new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, taking the number of active cases to 15 in the state, according to the state health department.
The phone call came on the same day as China announced that nearly 60,000 Covid-19 deaths were reported since the country lifted its strict "Zero Covid Policy" on December 7, last year, state media outlet Global Times reported.