In India, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, which was newly confirmed on the 28th, exceeded 360,000, a record high, and the number of deaths exceeded 3,000 for the first time.
The medical system is tight and the crisis continues.
The Indian government announced on the 28th that it was confirmed that 360,960 new people were infected with the new coronavirus.
It is the highest number of people infected per day so far, and the number of newly infected people per day has exceeded 300,000 for a week in a row.
In addition, the number of newly confirmed deaths was 3,293, exceeding 3,000 for the first time, and the number of deaths confirmed per day was the highest ever.
In the capital city of New Delhi, where infection is particularly serious, there have been reports of cases in which there are almost no vacant beds in the ICU = intensive care unit, which has more than 4,700 beds, and people with severe illness die without receiving treatment even if they go to the hospital. I will.
In addition, the shortage of medical oxygen is still serious, and even in hospitals, patients are unable to receive oxygen inhalation treatment, and the number of deaths continues to increase.
For this reason, the Indian government has urgently responded by instructing domestic manufacturers to increase oxygen production and announcing that it will install about 550 new oxygen production devices at hospitals in each region in the future. ..
Meanwhile, in Nepal, India's neighboring country, the number of new infections per day has skyrocketed to more than 4,000.
The effects of a new mutant virus found in India have been pointed out, and strict restrictions on going out will be introduced in the capital Kathmandu from the 29th.