Health workers conduct testing in Mumbai

Описание: (2 Jul 2020) With cases of coronavirus continuing to rise in India, health workers were on Thursday going door-to-door in Mumbai to check for people with symptoms of the virus.
Despite the temperature reaching 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), doctors and nurses had no choice but to wear full protective suits over their clothes as they moved from one home to another taking residents' temperatures, oxygen levels and, where necessary, offering advice.
The total number of cases nationally passed 600,000 on Thursday with 19,148 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. The national total now stands at 604,641, with nearly 100,000 of those in the past four days.
A total of 17,834 people have died so far due to the virus, according to India's Health Ministry.
More than 60% of the cases are in the worst-hit Maharashtra state, Tamil Nadu state, and the capital territory of New Delhi.
However, the western beach of state of Goa, a popular backpacking destination, opened for tourism on Thursday with the state government allowing 250 hotels to reopen after more than three months. Tourists will either have to carry COVID-19 negative certificates or get tested on arrival.
The state has reported 1,387 positive cases with four deaths.
Many industries and businesses have reopened since the country eased its strict lockdown in early June, and Indians have cautiously returned to the streets. Schools, colleges and movie theatres remain shuttered.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a live address Tuesday that the death rate is under control but the country is at a "critical juncture." He urged more stringent enforcement of distancing and other health guidelines.
The Health Ministry said testing has been ramped up to more than 200,000 every day, with 8.8 million test conducted so far. The recovery rate is 59.43%.

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