Just five districts - three of them in Maharashtra - have reported nearly 57% of all new cases in the last two days The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose over 10 percent over the past two days to 85,940, data from the morning update of the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) showed.
This is roughly in line with the rate of increase in the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose to 78,003 on Thursday.
So far this week, the number of cases has gone up by 28 percent (between Monday morning and Saturday morning). This is a slower rate of increase compared to the previous five days, when confirmed cases had risen by 36 percent.