A decrease of 140 cases has been recorded!
New Delhi: On Monday, India reported 291 new Covid-19 infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,46,71,853.
The country also reported 2 virus related deaths in the last 24h hours, bringing the total number fatalities to 5,30,614.
According to Union Health Ministry, the active cases reduced to 5,123,
A decrease of 140 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in the last 24 hours.
In Hong Kong, on Monday, about 50 students from China sang at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and some lit candles in a show of support for those in mainland cities who demonstrated against restrictions that have been confined to their homes.
Covering their faces to avoid retaliation, the students chanted, “No PCR tests but freedom!” and “Oppose dictatorship, don’t be slaves!”
“I’ve wanted to speak up for a long time, but I did not get the chance to,” said James Cai, a 29-year-old from Shanghai who attended a Hong Kong protest and held up a piece of white paper, a symbol of defiance against the ruling party’s pervasive censorship.
“If people in the mainland can’t tolerate it anymore, then I cannot as well.”
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