How India Fares In War On Virus

Country stands at 16th position globally and 4th in Asia in terms of death toll & infections

- Nikhil Rampal

Coronavirus cases in India crossed the 30,000-mark on Wednesday. As of Thursday afternoon, a total of 33,610 cases and 1,075 deaths were reported. This number is the16th highest in the world and 4th highest in Asia.

The Covid-19 pandemic had broken out in China’s Wuhan in late December, 2019. India Today Data Intelligence Unit (DIU) analyses how India, which is in close proximity to China, fares among Asian countries in dealing with the outbreak. The comparison was done on four parameters — speed of rise in cases, speed of rise in deaths, recovery rate and test positivity rate.

SPEED OF RISE IN CASES

There are 12 countries in Asia where the number of coronavirus cases is above 10,000. At more than 33,000 cases, India comes fourth after Turkey, Iran and China. When the speed at which cases doubled in the last one week was compared, India stands at fifth position. In the last one week, it took 11.4 days in India for cases to double. China, the origin of the virus, contained the pandemic in early April. It will take almost 10 years for cases to double in China.

TEST POSITIVITY RATE