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Covid-19 Factoid: With 5-fold jump, all's not well in the state of Gujarat

The world sees the highest single day jump in new cases with more than 100,000 cases in day while in Gujarat cases jump nearly five times in the second phase of lockdown

Medics work on samples collected from media professionals for COVID-19 tests, at a special testing centre set up by the Delhi government. Photo: PTI
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Medics work on samples collected from media professionals for COVID-19 tests, at a special testing centre set up by the Delhi government. Photo: PTI

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi
With its biggest daily jump in cases so far, the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the world now stands at 2,850,549. There have been 198,109 deaths worldwide, while 812,407, or roughly 28% of all confirmed cases have now recovered. 

In India, the confirmed cases tally is at 24,942, with 780 deaths. A little over 22 per cent of confirmed cases, or 5,498 people, have now recovered from the infection. Daily new cases are yet to see any significant reduction. 

Here are some data trends that help us understand more about this contagion: 

1. More than 100,000 cases added