Authorities in New Delhi reported this Saturday an increase in cases and deaths from Covid-19 in the Indian capital, while the health alert remains in place due to a sudden increase in cases throughout the country.

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Indian authorities reported the death of a 60-year-old woman with a pre-existing condition of acute intestinal obstruction following abdominal surgery, and a 71-year-old man with pneumonia.

These are the first two deaths in New Delhi related to coronavirus so far this year, while at least 10 people have died nationally, while across India, the number of active cases has exceeded 3,000, This is three times the number confirmed up to a week ago, according to data published by the Indian Ministry of Health.

India issued alerts to several hospitals last Monday after authorities reported 1,000 coronavirus cases nationwide, urging hospital preparedness in the face of a possible new wave in the country’s major cities.

With these new alerts, the Indian government seeks to avoid a repeat of the dramatic situation the country experienced during the second wave of Covid in 2021, when more than 400,000 infections and 4,000 deaths were recorded daily, with a collapsed health system.

India, which was one of the countries most affected worldwide, has recorded more than 45 million cases since the beginning of the health emergency and 533,673 confirmed deaths, although the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that the death toll in this country could be as high as 4.7 million people.

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