India’s total cases of coronavirus on Saturday climbed to 7,529 including 242 deaths and 652 people, who have either been cured or discharged, said the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Saturday.
IMAGE: An elderly man looks on from the gate of his residence during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Kolkata. Photograph: PTI Photo
“The lockdown and containment measures are important to fight COVID-19. If we had not taken any measures, then we might have had 8.2 lakh cases by April 15,” said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union health ministry, during the daily media briefing.
IMAGE: A policeman stops commuters at Jamia Nagar during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Phoyo
He also said that the estimation is a result of the statistical analysis and is not an Indian Council of Medical Research study.
IMAGE: A woman stitches face masks with traditional Assamese Gamocha during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, in Guwahati. Photograph: PTI Photo
“It is a statistical rate of growth based analysis. It is not an ICMR study. Before the nationwide lockdown, the rate of growth in cases was 28.9 per cent,” said Aggarwal.
IMAGE: A security guard stands inside the closed APMC vegetable market, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Navi Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo
