Migrants await screening in Lucknow
COVID-19 cases in India
cross the 1 lakh mark with a single-day jump of 4,970 cases and 134 deaths. The
total cases are 1,01,139 and the death toll is 3,163, says the Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare.
Experts attribute the
increase to the easing of the lockdown, movement of migrant workers, higher
testing and better reporting of cases.
Dr Jacob John, virologist
and former chairman of the Indian Council of Medical Research, says, "The
epidemic is growing beyond what we have ever seen in the past. The number of
cases would not increase in an additional manner but double every few days...
Every expert knew this."