Covid-19 Factoid: Rapid rise in new cases globally, but S Korea gets a grip

Number of days taken to add 200,000 fresh cases to the global tally as well as the time taken to add 10,000 Covid-19 casualties is rapidly shortening.

The number of Covid-19 positive cases have crossed 1 million mark and the death toll rapidly has surpassed 55,000. Back home, India’s case tally currently stands at 2,500 and 62 people have lost their lives due to Covid-19. Most of the new registered cases in India have links to Tablighi Jamaat's religious gathering at Delhi's Markaz Nizamuddin.

Highlights

* The number of cases in the US is now above 250,000 while New York is fast approaching towards crossing 100,000 cases alone. 

* Germany has overtaken China to become the fourth most impacted country, only behind the US, Italy and Spain,