The number of coronavirus infections rose to 52,952 in India, up by 3,561 over the previous day, the health ministry said on Thursday (May 7), with no signs of abating despite a strict weeks-long lockdown in the world's second most populous country.
The staff of INHS Asvini hospital wearing
protective gear stand before they were showered with flower petals by Indian
Navy's Chetak helicopter as part of an event to show gratitude towards the
frontline warriors fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in
Mumbai, India, May 3, 2020. (Photo: Reuters)
The death toll was up by 89 to 1783, still low compared with the
United States, United Kingdom and Italy which officials said was because the
government imposed the stay-at-home order on 1.3 billion people much earlier in
the cycle.
The spurt in cases has come
from the densely packed metropolises of Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad which are
also the growth engines of the economy.
Source: NDO
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