Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Indore, New Delhi, and Chennai accounted for half of all new cases over the past two days The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose 11 percent over the past two days to 29,974, data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last evening showed.
This is a slower rate of increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 15 percent to 26,917.
Although India’s coronavirus trajectory has tapered over the past couple of weeks, it continues to be steeper compared to Asian peers such as Japan, Indonesia, and Pakistan.
Compared to Western nations where the virus has claimed more lives, the trajectories of most Asian countries, including India, have been flatter so