Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Thane, and Pune account for nearly half of all new cases in the past two days The number of reported coronavirus cases in India rose 14 percent over the past two days to 40,263, data from the ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) published last evening showed.
This is a faster rate of increase compared to the previous 48 hours, when the reported case count rose 11 percent to 35,365.
Although India’s coronavirus trajectory has tapered over the past couple of weeks, it continues to be steeper compared to several Asian peers such as Japan and Indonesia.
Compared to neighbours Bangladesh and Pakistan, the rise in infections is slower in India. Compared to Western nations where the virus has claimed more