Among big cities, Kanpur and Kolkata have seen the biggest spike in confirmed coronavirus cases over the past week India crossed two bleak milestones earlier this week.
The coronavirus tally crossed the 30,000 mark, and covid-related deaths crossed the 1,000 mark in the country. In Asia, there are only two other countries that have seen more than 30,000 cases so far: China and Iran.
It took China 12 days to reach the 30,000 mark from the day the 1000th case was recorded. Iran took 25 days for the same jump.
In India’s case, it has taken 31 days from the 1000th case to reach the 30,000 mark. India took 48 days to reach 1,000 deaths since the first death.