India’s Daily COVID-19 Caseload Doubles In 10 Days to 200,000
India added a record 200,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, official data showed Thursday, as the country’s huge second wave accelerates.
The number of new infections in a day has more than doubled since early April, with a cumulative total 14.1 million cases.
India also added 1,038 deaths in the past day, taking the total to almost 175,000, the health ministry data showed, although on a per capita basis India is far behind many other countries.
This week, it became the country with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases – experts have blamed complacency about the virus and frustration for the surge.
In the past day it also recorded over a thousand deaths, health ministry data showed, taking its total to 175,000, although on a per capita basis India is far behind many other countries.
After a lockdown a year ago caused widespread misery and one of the sharpest downturns of any major economy, the central government is desperate to avoid a hugely unpopular second shutdown.
many states in India are tightening their screws, in particular Maharashtra and its capital Mumbai, which this week introduced tougher restrictions for its 125 million people.
