Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have witnessed the biggest surge in coronavirus cases over the past two days The number of reported covid-19 cases in India has jumped 40 percent over the past two days to 3577, last evening’s data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW).
This is a slightly faster increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 38 percent to 2547. Over the past week, India’s trajectory has steepened considerably.
India’s curve is still flatter than that of the US, which has emerged as the new global epicentre of covid-19. Yet, it is steeper than Asian peers such as Singapore and Japan.