Maharashtra government’s decision to update its data after including 1,328 deaths that took place earlier in the outbreak. Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in India.This week so far, the deaths have risen 36 percent, and the number of cases 19 percent.The death count in India has nearly doubled in the last fifteen days.
The number of infections is now twice what it was eighteen days ago, and given the rate of growth in this period, could hit the 500,000-mark in a week.The continuing rise in cases poses a severe challenge for India’s strained medical capacity and overburdened health system.Over the past few weeks, new infections and deaths have been rising faster in India than in most other badly-hit countries.