Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has appealed to the Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta Ugrahan) to postpone their three-day proposed sit-in protest in Patiala. He said it could turn into a COVID-19 super-spreader. According to a statement, the Chief Minister said his government had made efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and any event, such as the proposed 3-day protest of the BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) in Patiala, had the potential to negate the efforts made by his government in containing COVID in the state. The CM further said, "Such a dharna would draw people mainly from the villages, which were, in any case, going through a crisis during the second wave of the pandemic."
India has been witnessing a gradual decrease in daily coronavirus cases. According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, India reported 2,22,315 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative count of the cases to 2,67,52,447. With 4,454 deaths in the last 24 hours, the death toll has increased to 3,03,720.
The country also witnessed 3,02,544 recoveries in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative recoveries to 2,37,28,011. With this, the country's recovery rate has increased to 88.69%. At the same time, there has been a steady decline in active cases of coronavirus in the country. According to the latest data of the Union Health Ministry, in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the country have been reduced by 84,683. Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the country stands at 29,20,221. The active cases rate in India stands at 10.17%. On the other hand, India's mortality rate stands at 1.14%.
