India reports 95,000 new COVID-19 cases in a single day, breaking world record again

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] The number of new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in India is breaking record highs day after day.

According to local media such as India Today on the 10th, the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reported that the number of new confirmed cases increased by 95,735 in the morning, setting a new world record for daily new cases. India had previously broken the US's world record with 78,761 new cases on the 30th of last month.

The number of new confirmed cases in India exceeded 90,000 on the 6th and 7th, then dropped to between 70,000 and 80,000 on the 8th and 9th, but surged again to over 95,000 on this day. According to Worldometer, the cumulative number of confirmed cases is 4,465,863, ranking second in the world after the US (6,549,475). The cumulative death toll increased by 1,172 from the previous day to 75,091. The number of new deaths also surpassed the previous record.

The region with the highest number of new confirmed cases is western Maharashtra, where 23,577 cases were reported on this day alone. Among cities, Pune in Maharashtra and the capital New Delhi recorded 5,128 and 4,039 new infections respectively. These are the highest numbers of new confirmed cases since the outbreak began in these two cities.

The rapid spread of COVID-19 in India is mainly due to most people living in densely populated environments and the failure to adhere to preventive measures such as social distancing. Additionally, the authorities are focusing on 'reviving the economy,' which was devastated by lockdown measures, rather than on quarantine efforts, showing little effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.

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