India’s coronavirus curve has steepened, with confirmed cases now doubling in five days The number of confirmed covid-19 cases in India went up by 35 percent over the past two days to 1397, the latest data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last night shows.
This is a faster increase compared to the previous two days, when the case count rose 23 percent to 1071. India’s trajectory is now flatter than that of the US, which is emerging as the new global epicentre of covid-19.
Yet, it continues to be steeper than that of Singapore or Japan, which have managed to flatten their coronavirus curves through a combination of focused surveillance, screening, and the effective use of masks to contain the pandemic.