Maharashtra, the worst-affected state, now has over 50,000 coronavirus cases, with nearly 41 percent of all deaths in the country so far The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose 11 percent over the last two days to 138,845, latest data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) showed.
This is in line with the rate of growth in the preceding 48 hours. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 4,021, rising 8 percent over the same period.
This too is roughly in line with the rate of growth in the preceding 48 hours. The death count in India has nearly doubled in the last fifteen days.
The number of infections is now twice what it was thirteen days ago, and given the rate of growth in this period, could hit the 150,000-mark