India reports 60,753 new Covid cases, 1,647 deaths in 24 hours

Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Jun 19, 2021: India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases surged to 2,98,23,546 with 60,753 new infections, while the recoveries have surged to 2,86,78,390, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday.

 

The death count increased to 3,85,137 with 1,647 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Meanwhile, a third Covid wave in India is "inevitable", and it may hit the country in the next six-eight weeks, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV this morning amid unlocking in various states after weeks of strict restrictions.

"As we have started unlocking, there is again a lack of Covid-appropriate behaviour. We don’t seem to have learnt from what happened between the first and the second wave. Again crowds are building up... people are gathering. It will take some time for the number of cases to start rising at the national level. But it could happen within next six to eight weeks... may be a little longer," Dr Guleria said.

"It all depends on how we go ahead in terms of Covid-appropriate behaviour and preventing crowds," he added.