New Delhi:
India has seen a modest decline in terms of new coronavirus infections and
deaths on Monday. A total of 59,893 new cases and 886 deaths have been recorded
in the past 24 hours. The total number of new infections and deaths due to the virus
lessened comparatively to what India has seen in the past few weeks with daily
cases crossing 80,000 and recording more than 1,000 deaths in a day. There is still
no change in the state rankings as Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
take the top three places in India. It has been also reported that there has
been a decline in cases in New Delhi but much slower than before.
Indians
would have to feel cautiously optimistic about the new figures with an emphasis
on cautious. Since the pandemic had began in March, the number of infections
and deaths had remained minimal during the country-wide lockdown imposed by the
central government. The Indian government has begun to unlock the country which
has been still severely crippled economically with countless jobs lost and
businesses lost. The experts believe that the Indian economy will take years
before it could return to pre-covid normalcy. But, the country has to overcome the
daunting coronavirus before thinking of economy as India is one of the worst-hit
countries globally due to the pandemic with more than 1 lakh people have died
so far.
