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Covid-19 Factoid: India's trajectory of new daily cases remains worrisome

While Italy, the first epicentre outside of China, seems to have flattened the curve, the share of Asia (excluding China in the initial stages) both in infections and deaths has been limited so far

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A man wearing a protective face mask enters the FCA Mirafiori plant as it resumes its operations after closure during a lockdown amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Turin, Italy. Photo: Reuters

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi

3 min read Last Updated : Apr 29 2020 | 6:45 AM IST

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus infections stands at 3,084,762, and the death toll is 212,522. More than 900,000 people have now recovered worldwide. The US remains the most affected country in the world, with no improvement in sight. It also has the highest death toll globally, nearly twice as much as the next worst-hit country, Spain.

In India, the tally is very close to breaching the 30,000 mark, with more than 900 deaths. In a piece of positive news, however, fresh daily coronavirus cases have been receding for a few days now. But it may be too early to declare

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