Maharashtra has more Covid-19 cases than South Africa, the sixth worst-hit country in the worldindiaUpdated: Aug 18, 2020 15:44 ISTMaharashtra now has more Covid-19 cases--over 600,000--than South Africa, the sixth worst-hit country globally. South Africa has reported 5,89,886 Covid-19 cases as per the reference website worldometers.info. Maharashtra alone recorded 604,358 cases till Monday, according to the state health department. In the first 17 days of August, Maharashtra reported 182,834 cases, or around 10,754 daily. Before that, cases used to be reported only from urban areas but now it [infection] has spread to semi-urban and rural areas.

Source: Hindustan Times August 18, 2020 06:02 UTC