According to sources the union health ministry on tuesday announced that the number of coronavirus cases rose to 72,711, and toll stood at 2083. A total of 13,161 patients have been cured, the ministry's 5 pm update read. maharashtra has the highest number of cases with 14,541 cases, followed by gujarat (9,804), delhi (7,898), tamil Nadu (8050), rajasthan (6,061).When Addressing the daily briefing on the Covid19 situation in the country, joint secretary at the health ministry Lav Agarwal said that as many as 3,900 new COVID-19 cases and 195 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours, the biggest spike in a single day.

 

He also said “some states” were not reporting cases in a timely manner, which is now being addressed. “We are dealing with an infectious disease. Thus timely reporting of cases and their management is very crucial and gaps in these areas were notedin some states, which after due persuasion are being addressed,” Agarwal said. Union health minister harsh vardhan said that india has so far been able to stave off community transmission of COVID-19 expressing the hope that “behavioural changes" brought about by the infection could become the “new normal” for a healthy society after the pandemic abates.

 

The nation in a post-coronavirus future could well look back on the pandemic period as a “blessing in disguise” if indians imbibe hand, respiratory and environmental hygiene and practise it in their everyday lives, the minister said.Underlining the importance of the lockdown, which has been extended till May 17, the minister said health should be on the radar just as much as the economy. “The government has to do a balancing act,” Vardhan said. Globally, COVID-19 has infected over 38 lakh people and killed at least 2.51 lakh people, according to the Johns Hopkins tracker.

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