India's Covid-19 cases rising at fastest pace in Asia as govt eases curbs

India’s coronavirus infections are escalating at the fastest pace in Asia, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi further relaxed the country’s nationwide lockdown to boost economic activities. Infections in the South Asian nation of 1.3 billion people were at 100,328, including 3,156 deaths, as of Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As many as 5,242 new cases were added on Tuesday, according to the health ministry.
 

India is now among the nations worst hit by the epidemic, with a 28 per cent increase in cases since last week according to Bloomberg’s Coronavirus Tracker. 
 

Pakistan has 42,125 cases including