16 June to update its data after including 1,328 deaths that took place earlier in the outbreak. Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in India.The death count in India has nearly doubled in the last fourteen 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 400,000-mark in three days and the 500,000-mark in eight days.The continuing rise in cases poses a severe challenge for India’s strained medical capacity and overburdened health system.Despite a much slower case doubling rate than earlier in the outbreak, new infections and deaths have been rising faster in India than in most other badly-hit countries.