Rahul Gandhi: Vaccines depleting, deaths rising, government busy hiding facts

India saw a record 4529 fatalities due to coronavirus in a single day pushing the Covid19 death toll to 283248 while 267 lakh fresh cases were recorded according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on WednesdayWith a total of 267334 fresh infections Indiarsquos total tally of cases climbed to 25496330Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of diverting attention and said while deaths due to Covid19 are increasing the vaccines are reducingHe also shared graphs showing a decline in Covid19 vaccinations and the rise in daily deaths ldquoVaccines are decreasing and Covid19 deaths are increasing The central government policy mdash Divert attention spread untruth make noise by hiding factsrdquo he charged in a tweet in HindiMeanwhile RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav converted his government residence in Patna into a Covid Care Centre Yadav has set up the centre from his private funds He said it has all the necessary medical equipment beds oxygen and provision for free foodldquoI request the state government to convert all the government residence provided to us into Covid19 care centres quarantine centres because people are not getting beds oxygen and other medical facilities at the government hospitalsrdquo he told ANIRajasthan has declared mucormycosis black fungus which is primarily affecting people recovering from Covid19 an epidemic officials said on Wednesday Currently the state has around 100 black fungus patientsAlso ReadMumbairsquos daily Covid19 cases rise above 1000 againExperts warn of 3rd wave in KtakaKarnataka may be inviting another wave of Covid19 in the state by reducing the number of tests from 19 lakh daily a month ago to over 93000 now warned a member of the state Covid19 Technical Advisory Committee The state had conducted 97236 tests on Monday in sharp contrast to 172 lakh tests on April 28 and 19 lakh on April 24UP govt lying on teachersrsquo deaths OppnCongress leader Priyanka Gandhi Samajwadi and Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of lying about the number of deaths of teachers and workers following panchayat polls dutyA teachersrsquo body on Tuesday said 1621 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department had died of Covid19 in UP since April and that 9037 of them were on panchayat poll duty Gandhi called the state government ldquoinsensitiverdquo for denying the number of deaths ldquoTo avoid giving compensation the ruthless BJP government in UP is now lyingrdquo said YadavMeanwhile villagers in Mendara UP have demanded a probe into the death of over 50 people since April They are apprehending that the deaths could be due to Covid1925496330Total no of coronavirus cases in India so far283248Total no of deaths due to the virus in India so far3226719Total no of active cases in IndiaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever