Coronavirus April 23 Latest News: India logged 2,527 new Covid-19 infections and 33 deaths on Saturday, the official health bulletin said. One of the major cause of concern was the massive spike in the active coronavirus cases across the country. In the last 24 hours, India has recorded nearly 838 active Covid cases. With this, India’s active cases tally stands at 15,079. Meanwhile, an IIT-Madras research shows that in this week, National Capital Delhi’s R-value has reached the worrying 2.1. The R-value is the key factor that shows the level of spread of the virus in the region. Anything above 1 is considered critical.
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The major financial hub of Shanghai reported 12 new COVID-19 related deaths on April 22, up from 11 the previous day, as frustrations among residents continued to boil over amid a harsh lockdown and strict censorship online.The city, battling China's biggest coronavirus outbreak so far, recorded 20,634 new local asymptomatic infections on Friday, rebounding from 15,698 a day earlier. Total new symptomatic cases reached 2,736, up from 1,931 on April 21, official data showed. – Reuters
Taiwan will not go into a Shanghai-like lockdown to control a rise in domestic COVID-19 cases as the vast majority of those infected have no symptoms or show only minor symptoms, Premier Su Tseng-chang said on Saturday, pledging to keep opening up. Taiwan has been dealing with a spike in local cases since the start of the year, but the numbers overall remain small – 18,436 since Jan. 1 for a population of some 23 million – and just four people have died. Backed by a high vaccination rate, the government has been promoting the “new Taiwan model”, learning to gradually live with the virus and avoiding shutting down the economy, unlike in Shanghai which is in its third week of a lockdown to control the pandemic. – Reuters
Thane district of Maharashtra recorded 11 new coronavirus positive cases, which took its infection count to 7,08,953, an official said on Saturday. – PTI
