{"id":94965,"date":"2022-04-18T17:16:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=94965"},"modified":"2022-04-18T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T14:18:15","slug":"indias-covid-infections-hit-month-high-one-state-reports-spike-in-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/indias-covid-infections-hit-month-high-one-state-reports-spike-in-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s COVID infections hit month-high, Kerala reports spike in deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">India&#8217;s tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported a big jump in deaths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">India was at the centre of the global COVID crisis this time last year but the situation has improved since then and most precautions including the wearing of masks have recently been dropped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">But cases have been creeping up in the country of 1.35 billion people in the past few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">The capital, Delhi, last week tightened COVID precautions for schools and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, India&#8217;s most populous state, again made masks compulsory in public places in some districts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Authorities reported 2,183 new infections on Monday, taking the running total to more than 43 million, according to health ministry data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">he ministry reported 214 more deaths, including 151 since April 13 in Kerala, which is widely considered to issue more accurate data than many other states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">India has reported a total of about 522,000 deaths from the coronavirus though many global experts have said its real death toll could be up to 4 million, from several hundred million cases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__OOj6H\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s government has repeatedly rejected those higher estimates saying the mathematical models used to estimate deaths in smaller countries cannot be relied on for India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\"><strong>Source: Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data showed, and the southern state of Kerala reported a big jump in deaths. 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