Covid-19: Daily case count inching closer to the 4-lakh mark

印度单日新增病例逐渐接近40万例大关

NEW DELHI: For the ninth day in a row, India recorded over 3 lakh cases, inching closer to the 4 lakh mark with 3,86,693 cases on Thursday. The country reported 3,502 deaths, amid widespread reports of underreporting of fatalities with a gross mismatch of reported deaths and actual cremations across the country.

新德里：印度连续第9天单日新增超30万例，周四新增386693例，接近40万大关，死亡人数为3502人。而死亡人数普遍少报，全国各地报告的死亡人数与实际火化人数严重不符。

Cases have been higher than 3 lakh for 9 days in a row now. The country’s positivity rate is at 21.2% (based on smoothed 7 day rolling average of cases and tests). This means that 21 out of 100 people who are being tested are turning positive. Such a high positivity rate means many infections are going undetected. Several experts, including Dr Devi Shetty, feel that the actual level of infections could be at least 5 times more than the cases reported.

单日新增病例已经连续9天超过30万例，阳性率为21.2%(基于病例和检测的7天平均数)。这意味着100名接受检测的人中有21人呈阳性。如此高的阳性率意味着许多感染未被发现。包括Devi Shetty博士在内的几位专家认为，实际感染水平可能至少是报告病例的5倍。

The daily case count breached the 1 lakh mark on April 6 and since then it has inched closer to the 4 lakh level. The impact of this level of cases was observed on deaths after a week and on April 13 deaths also touched their previous peak level.

4月6日，单日新增病例数突破了10万大关，自那以后，一步步接近40万。一周后观察到了这一病例新增水平对死亡人数的影响，4月13日，死亡人数也达到了此前的峰值水平。

Since April 21 cases have crossed the 3 lakh level while over 3,000 deaths are being reported since April 27. If this pattern is followed and cases continue to rise this steadily, then India should brace itself to see even a higher level of daily deaths in the coming days.

自4月21日以来，单日新增病例超过30万历，而4月27日以来报告的死亡人数超过3000人。如果按此速度，病例继续稳步上升，那么印度应该做好准备，未来几天单日死亡人数将会更高。

Among states, Maharashtra reported 66,159 cases, the country’s highest, and was followed by Kerala, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka — each reporting between 30,000 to 40,000 cases. The national capital reported 24,235 cases which was the country’s fifth-highest.

在各邦中，马哈拉施特拉邦新增66159例，是全国最高的，其次是喀拉拉邦、北方邦和卡纳塔克邦——报告的病例在3万到4万之间。首都德里报告了24235例新病例，位居全国第五。

以下是印度时报读者的评论：译者：Jessica.Wu

Vinod Kumar

COVID has become an opportunity for many to become rich and richer. Many private , but big hospitals have admitted fake patients to show "NO VACANCY" in their hospitals. But their touts are active. If they find a rich and affluent COVID patient who can give away bundles of note, the approach him / her and assure a good Hospital bed. The culprit hospital then discharge the "FAKE PATIENT" after suitably compensating him and the bed is allocated to the "RICH" against ... Read More

新冠肺炎疫情已成为许多人致富的机会。许多大型私立医院找一些人假装患者占床位，借此表明他们的医院“没有空床”。如果他们发现一个有钱的新冠患者，他们就会给安排床位。

WB New

Why is SC allowing death mismatch? This is dangerous. If ministers do not know value of record kee, better resign. Last year also, deaths were not reported properly.

报告的死亡人数与火化人数不一致，为什么最高法院允许他们这么做?

这是危险的。如果部长们不知道记录真实数据的重要性，最好辞职。

去年，死亡人数也没有如实报告。

Salve

There is a well groundedvested interest in place to protect the image of Modi than controlling the pandemic.

与控制疫情相比，保护莫迪的形象更重要。

San Ana

Salve ji, its the people who should be blamed. A simple example are marriages in closed halls, there were 100's of people attending but without a mask close to my home just before lockdown in our city. The dont care attitude of such people has caused immense problems to others.

应该受到责备的是公众。一个简单的例子，在封闭的大厅里举行婚礼，就在我们城市被封锁之前，在我家附近有100人参加了婚礼，没有戴口罩。这种不在乎的态度给别人造成了大麻烦

Huzefa Kazi

Agreed, public is responsible to some extent but you are absolving Modi Govt totally. What abt they gathering huge number of people in rallies in Bengal and allowing Kumbh to happen?

同意，公众在某种程度上有责任，不过难道你认为莫迪完全没有责任？他们在西孟加拉邦聚集了大量人群举行集会，允许庆祝大壶节，这怎么说?

Inderjit Kakkar

No point in blaming Modi when the whole system has collapsed. Each one of us underestimated the gravity of situation due to 2nd wave.

整个系统崩 溃了，指责莫迪也没有意义。我们每个人都低估了第二波疫情的严重性。

Guest Login

21% positive and now govt is scrambling!

阳性率高达21%，现在印度政府手忙脚乱了!

John Peters

Can someone who is honest and has vision please do something to fix this

有没有一个正直诚实且有远见的领导人来解决这个问题？

Huzefa Kazi

Only we have the power to fix this by our Vote!

只有我们有能力通过投票来解决这个问题!

imnotwatson

There is lot of blame being heaped on Modi but no one is blaming the state CMs, some of them belonging to opposition parties.

人们都指责莫迪，但没有人指责各邦的首席部长，其中一些首席部长属于反对党。

San Ana

Proves that state govns are incompetent.I stay in a state where BJP is ruling there is mismanagement and they have agreed. I dont see the same coming from other states especially Delhi and Maharashtra.

这证明了邦政府的无能。我所在的邦是人民党执政的，管理不善，他们已经承认了。其他邦没看到同样的情况，尤其是德里和马哈拉施特拉邦。

Huzefa Kazi

And BJP ruled states like Gujarat and UP underreporting Covid cases and deaths?

人民党统治的邦，比如古吉拉特邦和北方邦，少报了新增病例和死亡病例吗?

SUNDARARAMAN SRINIVASAN

Case counts would be multiple times more than reported numbers --- as RT-PCR testing scale has come down in many parts.......? -- Death toll was under-stated from the begng..... with political motives.

许多地区的检测数量下降，实际病例数是公布数字的几倍.......死亡人数从一开始就少报了.....有政治动机。

dream77boy

you mean 40-50 lakh mark? as most govtss are under reporting this pandemic?

大多数邦政府都在瞒报?

实际上已经达到40-50万了？

Sanjoy Pandey

The most alarming thing is numbers are on the rise, how to control it ?

最令人担忧的是数据还在上升，如何控制呢?

Bala Malladi

Modi is responsible for the deteriorating and dangerous situation. As leader of the country the buck stops with him.

莫迪对不断恶化的疫情负有责任。作为国家领导人，责任应由他承担。

isaacbenjaminraj

saffron ...they were busy in catching power from other parties ...

人民党忙着从其他政党手中攫取权 力。

Salve

This is not merely monumental mismanagement and collosal incompetence of the Modi govt, but a crime committed against humanity. It is most shocking that despite such unpardonable dereliction, not even one from the Central Government or Covid task force have taken responsibility and accountability to quit on moral grounds.

莫迪政府不仅严重管理不善，极度无能，而且犯下了反人类的罪行。令人震惊的是，尽管有如此不可原谅的失职行为，但印度中央政府和新冠疫情特别工作组却没有一个人引咎辞职。

PRASANNA RAJU

Infact I believe that there aren't as many cases as are being reported. Fakery is all across.

事实上，我认为病例少报了。造假无处不在。

Prarthana Negi

Running away from reality are we now???

我们现在在逃避现实吗?

VocalForLocal

Will it ever come down?

会降下来吗？