NEW DELHI : The rate at which Covid-19 cases has been doubling in India is slower as compared to several other countries such as the USA, Italy and Spain, according to officials.
Similarly, the total number of cases and deaths per million is lower in India than these countries which have been hit hard by the pandemic.
Officials quoting data sourced from the health ministry and Worldometers.info said India in comparison to several other countries tested more people when the cases crossed the 5,000 and 10,000 marks.
Officials said the cases doubled from 750 to 1500 in four days in India and from 1500 to 3000 in four days again while it took five days for the number of cases to double from 3000-6000 and six days to reach the 12000 figure.