India COVID cases hold close to record highs as calls widen for national lockdown
Indian coronavirus infections and deaths held close to record daily highs on Monday, increasing calls for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock down the world’s second-most populous country.
The 366,161 new infections and 3,754 deaths reported by the health ministry were off a little from recent peaks, taking India’s tally to 22.66 million with 246,116 deaths as hospitals run out of oxygen and beds and morgues and crematoria overflow.
Experts have said India's actual figures could be far higher than reported.
Sunday's 1.47 million tests for COVID-19 were this month's lowest yet, data from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research showed. The figure compared with a daily average of 1.7 million for the first eight days of May.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-posts-366161-new-coronavirus-cases-over-last-24-hours-2021-05-10/
Fauci urged India to impose a national lockdown as its COVID-19 crisis worsens. So far, Prime Minister Modi has refused.
Dr. Anthony Fauci has said India should impose a national lockdown to address its raging COVID-19 crisis. The step is one the country's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has so far refused to put in place.
India has seen a surge of COVID-19 cases for weeks. The country on Monday reported 366,161 new infections and 3,754 deaths over the past 24 hours, according to Reuters. The surge has caused some hospitals to run out of oxygen, and crematoriums have been overwhelmed with bodies.
Fauci told ABC's "This Week" on Sunday that a national lockdown could help "break the chain of transmission" of COVID-19.
He told the CNN affiliate News18 on Friday that the lockdown would have to be in place for only four weeks or so.
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