The exponential rise of cases in India as it unlocks has put it beyond the worst-hit Italy. With another single-day record of 9,887 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours, India surpassed Italy to at the 6th spot. India now has 2,36,954 cases of the virus.
However, unlike Italy India’s death count is 6,649, which is also rising. While other countries Unlocked when the cases dipped down India has been doing so as it nears the peak. Since the start of Unlock 1 cases have only seen an upward curve. In just a week India has jumped from 9th to 6th spot.
The states with four-digit or bigger tallies have doubled since May 1 when the central government allowed the movement of migrant workers. Overall America’s Johns Hopkins University ranks India as the 12th worst-hit country. Though over 1 lakh people have been recovered the risk is rising each day.
Thre are 1 lakh active cases and since the last few days, the cases have been rising sharply, by 8,000 or more. Like most of the country, India is closing on its peak post which the cases see a dip. Here there might be need of another lockdown if the death rate starts to gain more pace like the daily cases surge.
