Maharashtra, is set to record its millionth infection of the new coronavirus on Friday, putting it on par with Russia in the pandemic and stifling India's attempts to turn around an economic plummet.The western state, home to financial capital Mumbai, is on pace to blow past the 1 million mark as infections have been rising some 20,000 a day recently.Maharashtra, if it were a country, would now rival Russia for the world's fourth-highest caseload.
The spike in the state of 130 million people is the vanguard for India's breathtaking COVID-19 surge, accounting for nearly one-quarter of the national total.
India is likely to hit 5 million cases in coming days, behind only to the United States. With the virus surging unabated through.