Just five districts --- Mumbai, Jaipur, Indore, South Delhi, and Ahmedabad --- account for more than a fourth of confirmed cases nationally The number of reported covid-19 cases in India rose by 24 percent over the past two days to 9352, data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last evening showed.
This is a slower increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 28 percent to 7529. Despite the tapering over the past few days, India’s covid-19 trajectory continues to be steeper compared to Asian peers such as Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
But it is flatter than that of the US, which has emerged as the new epicentre of the global pandemic, with the most number of active