India's 1mn Cases Pose A Colossal Challenge

Four months after the pandemic hit India, the country crossed the 1 million-cases mark, becoming the third country in the world to cross this level after the United States and Brazil.

- Nikhil Rampal

On Friday, July 17, India recorded 34,956 new coronavirus cases, the highest single-day rise so far.

The India Today Data Intelligence Unit compared 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 fared.

GROWTH RATE

AT 1 MN As of Friday, India’s weekly growth rate of coronavirus cases stood 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.