Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching its number of intensive care beds, and the rate of increase of new infections showed little sign of slowing.
India reported 4,970 new cases over the previous 24 hours, taking its total to 101,139. Deaths rose by 134 to 3,163. India’s number of cases has easily outstripped that of China, where the virus emerged late last year and which has been one of Asia’s infection hot spots.
China has reported nearly 83,000 cases but has kept its daily rise in new infections to single digits for the past week. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] In contrast, new cases in India have risen by an average of more than 4,000 a day over the past week,