Government calls the month-long nationwide lockdown to halt covid’s spread a ‘timely decision’, says doubling rate of cases has reduced to 10 days NEW DELHI : Calling the month-long nationwide lockdown a “timely decision", the government on Friday said the covid-19 curve in India has begun to flatten with the doubling rate of cases reducing from 3.3 days at the outset of the crisis to 10 days now.
The statement came even as the country recorded as many as 1,593 cases and 68 deaths on Friday, taking the total tally to 24,344 and the toll to 776.
The government said the disease has been brought under control and that the positive impact of restrictions will be visible in the coming days on the growth trajectory, before the lockdown is