India: zero deaths in the megalopolis of Bombay, a first since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

As of Sunday, October 17, 367 new cases were reported in Bombay but not a single death.

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Since July, the number of coronavirus cases has declined in India, and this Sunday, October 17 was a symbol: zero deaths to be deplored in the economic capital, Bombay, with its thirty million inhabitants.

A first. 

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With our correspondent in Bangalore,

Since the start of the pandemic, not a day has gone by without a death.

The overcrowded megalopolis of Bombay and its state, Maharashtra, were also at the origin and at the epicenter of the second wave of Covid-19 which struck India from March 2021. 

As of Sunday, October 17, 367 new cases were reported in Bombay but not a single death.

jumped to 518 and there are only 5,000 active cases of coronavirus in this city, where almost as many inhabitants are crowded as half of France. 

Towards a way out of the crisis?

This good news illustrates the general decline of Covid-19 in India, a relief for the country hit by the Delta variant first.

On Friday, the political capital New Delhi recorded no deaths, while the major cities of Bangalore and Calcutta had done the same in July. 

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According to official statistics, the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 has increased from 40,000 to 15,000 since September.

At the peak of the second wave, it had pointed to 350,000. The country is beginning to believe in a way out of the crisis, as evidenced by its

, again a first since the start of the pandemic.

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