India’s biggest cities continue to be the biggest hotspots but Lucknow, Kanpur, and Bengaluru have relatively fewer cases compared to other populous cities India began its nationwide lockdown on 25 March, one of the most stringent in the world, with a resolve to ‘flatten’ the virus curve.
Two months later, India prepares to bring an end to the lockdown even as the virus continues to spread across the country. Earlier this week, India became the 9th country to have 150,000 coronavirus cases, and the 14th country to record more than 4,000 covid-related deaths.
The case tally took eight days to jump from 100,000 to 150,000, making India the 4th fastest country to do so. However, since the surge in the death count was not as big, the fatality