NEW DELHI, Apr 26 (NNN-PTI) – The ongoing second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, is projected to come to its peak, in the middle of May, local media reported yesterday.
Projections presented at a meeting between Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and chief ministers of the worst affected Indian states, showed, after the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat and the national capital Delhi, the northern state of Uttar Pradesh would be a major hotspot, with over 190,000 new confirmed cases reported every day, according to the media.
When reaching peak time, the daily COVID-19 cases in the Asian country are expected to rise to 500,000 and may subside between June and July.
According to media reports, the projections were presented by a senior federal government official at the meeting, at which officials agreed that “heavily populated states are at risk and health infrastructure in states is not adequate enough to cope with the present serious scenario.”
Uttar Pradesh is projected to suffer a daily shortage of around 16,752 hospital beds with supplied medical oxygen, of 3,061 intensive care unit beds, and of at least 1,538 ventilators.
The COVID-19 figures continue to surge every day, as the federal government ruled out imposing a lockdown to contain the situation.
The country’s COVID-19 tally reached 16,960,172 yesterday, with 349,691 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours.
This was the fourth consecutive day when over 300,000 cases were registered in a single day.– NNN-PTI
