Amid the continuing lockdown in India, an ambulance driver and a sweeper were booked after denying to take the body of a COVID-19 victim to the crematorium.
The incident took place on Friday in Uttar Pradesh and the deceased is said to be a native of Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu, Sambhal SP Yamuna Prasad told news agency ANI.?
The COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease. Several doctors and healthcare workers who treated coronavirus patients have tested positive for the illness themselves.
With more than 1000 cases recorded?in India in the last 24 hours, the total tally in the country rose to 13,835, while 452 patients were reported dead due to the disease, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.
A total of 1,076 new Covid-19 infections were reported in the past 24 hours while there are 11,616 active patients in the country since the outbreak. On the other hand, 1,766 patients have been discharged or cured from the disease and one migrated from the country, the data stated.?
During the press briefing on Friday evening, Lav Agrawal from Health Ministry also said that the ratio between recovered Covid-19 patients and deaths stands at 80:20 in India, which is higher than that in several other counties.