Daily coronavirus cases rising faster in Tier II cities, compounding worry

In Gujarat's Surat, daily infections have increased from 100 to 510 in the last fifteen days.

Lucknow, Bhopal and Mysuru are among India’s Tier II cities recording a faster rise in daily Covid-19 compared to metropolises like Delhi and Mumbai, nationwide data shows.

Metropolises' share in India’s infections has been growing—Mumbai, with 3,779 cases on Sunday, accounted for 8 per cent of the country’s total infections—but Tier II towns are looking at a much faster rise in daily cases.

While day cases in Mumbai increased 3.7-time from 1,014 a fortnight ago (March 8) to 3,779 on March 21, the rise in cities like Lucknow and Bhopal has been much higher.

Lucknow, which clocked 16 daily cases