Until Thursday, India has reported 124,315 Covid-19 deaths and is only behind the US in the number of cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. While India, with a population of 1.4 billion, has reported 8.36 million cases so far, the US which has around 300 million people, has 9.45 million cases. Unlike Trump, Modi has never downplayed the severity of the disease, but his administration has received severe criticism from home and abroad over its handling of the crisis. India reported 50,210 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, according to an update from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Several Twitter users were baffled at Nadda’s statement and pointed him to the number of cases in India:

Source: Huffington Post November 05, 2020 13:18 UTC