India’s total coronavirus cases have inched close to China’s reported count but some badly-hit states may be close to bending their curves India completed fifty days of its nationwide lockdown this week, with new coronavirus cases as well as deaths picking fresh pace in May.
The jump from 50,000 to 75,000 has taken just seven days, the 9th fastest pace among the 13 countries that have reached this level.
The fastest to reach the 75,000 mark from the 50,000th case was the United States, which took just 2 days. Spain and France took 3 and 4 days respectively.
Russia, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom took 5 days for the same jump, while Brazil took 6. At the current trajectory, India would reach the bleak 100,000 mark by Tuesday.