The doubling rate of infections — the amount of time it takes for the number of coronavirus cases to double — has dropped from around 12 days to 9.5. The total number of reported infections in India is around 50,000, giving it a much lower per capita case rate than many other countries. About a third of all reported infections are from these two cities, each home to around 20 million people. Six weeks ago, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, imposed a strict nationwide lockdown for India’s 1.3 billion people. Gupta said it was difficult to say whether India was in the midst of experiencing a dangerous upward trajectory of new cases.

Source: bd News24 May 06, 2020 15:56 UTC