The Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease in India
India registered its highest single-day spike on Sunday with 8,380 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours. The country’s tally now stands at 182,490 cases, while the death toll rose to 5,186, according to the Union Health Ministry
The ongoing lockdown, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, has affected the lives of some of the most vulnerable communities across the country, such as rag-pickers, construction workers, migrant labourers, and daily wage labourers. Because, the scale of the disruption due to COVID-19 was high.
The coronavirus outbreak has caused losses to the tune of Rs 30.3 lakh crore to the national economy, which is 50 per cent more than the COVID-19 relief package worth Rs 20 lakh crore announced by the central government, says a latest report by SBI Ecowrap.
“We estimated the district-wise, zone wise loss in GSDP for each state and found that total GSDP loss due to COVID-19 for states stands at Rs 30.3 lakh crore, which is 13.5 per cent of total GSDP, ” the report elaborated.