In a fresh spike, Uttar Pradesh recorded 762 new cases of Coronavirus on Friday, which shot the State's active case tally to 6,730.
Noida accounting for 136 cases of COVID-19, Ghaziabad 89 Lucknow with 52-- found as the most infectious regions within the State on Friday with a little relief as 464 Coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the same day. The total number of Coronavirus cases has risen to 13,583 when the State is presently pulsing with 6,730 active patients of COVID-19.
Friday, the virus claimed 19 lives taking the toll to 630 in the State
Noida, with 887 active cases of COVID-19, is now the worst-hit district within the State, followed by Ghaziabad (648 cases), Lucknow, (383 cases) and Kanpur (325 cases).
The number of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 in India has crossed 4.73 lakh and therefore the country is now among the top four nations with the highest caseload, besides being the epicenter of COVID-19 cases in Asia. For the past 10 days, over 10,600 cases are reported in India a day. On June 25, India saw its highest single-day spike with 16,922 new cases being recorded. Thirty-five of India's 36 States and Union Territories have reported COVID-19 cases thus far. Only Lakshadweep has not reported any case to date.
However, despite all this, the central government continues to take care of that community transmission has yet not taken place in India.
According to the fresh data put out by the Union health ministry on June 25, the count of COVID-19 cases in India was 4,73,105, of which 2,71,697 have recovered and 14,894 have died thus far.
The scale of this health emergency in a country like India, inhabited by nearly 1.3 billion people, is such that it had to be put under complete lockdown since March 25. this is the most important lockdown in the world.
The rise of novel Coronavirus cases in India is often better understood from the very fact that as on March 10 India had just 50 Covid-19 cases. On March 20, this increased to 196 cases; by Annunciation to 606 cases and by the top of the month (March 31) India had 1,397 confirmed COVID-19 cases. By May 23, this figure stood at 1,25,101 cases.
This health emergency has put immense pressure on the country's healthcare system and therefore the economy has been severely disrupted. The International fund has predicted that India's GDP growth for 2020-21 will fall to 1.9%, while the worldwide economy is predicted to suffer a loss of $9 trillion.