Four months after the pandemic hit India, we have crossed the 1 million-cases mark, becoming the third country in the world to cross this level after the United States and Brazil.
On Friday, July 17, India recorded 34,956 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day rise it has witnessed so far.
The India Today Data Intelligence Unit compares India’s position at a million cases with the US and Brazil when they had reached their first million cases based on the growth rate of cases, daily addition of cases, and deaths. Here is how India fares.
Growth rate of cases at 1 million
As of Friday, India’s weekly growth rate of coronavirus cases stands at 3.4 per cent. This is higher than the growth rate of Brazil and the US when they had reached their first million cases. This means that cases are doubling every 21 days in the country.
Brazil crossed a million cases on 20 June. The weekly growth rate in the country on that day was 3.3 per cent, which means that cases were doubling every 22 days. Since then, Covid-19 cases have doubled in Brazil, and on Friday, it crossed the 2-million mark.
The United States had a weekly growth rate of 3.1 per cent on 29 April, the day it reached its first million cases. Cases were doubling every 23 days then. Currently, more than 3.5 million people have been infected in the US by coronavirus.
Daily coronavirus cases
At 1 million cases, India’s daily addition of cases are alarming. For the past two days, India has recorded more than 30,000 cases. On 17 July, it recorded close to 35,000 new coronavirus cases, which brings its weekly rolling average to a little more than 30,000 now.
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