Tale of two countries: India's Covid-19 trajectory is similar to the US'

After four months of the US witnessing its second wave, India is also seeing a resurgence in cases. Earlier, India had registered 30,000 cases three months after the US did

India on Monday saw another massive surge in daily coronavirus infections, with nearly 50,000 cases being reported in a day. While about two-thirds of these infections were from Maharashtra alone, cases in other states also saw an increase.

This late surge came days after India’s coronavirus situation appeared to be thawing: Just 20 days earlier, the country’s daily cases had been in the ballpark of 12,000. India has differed from the US, the country most affected by the pandemic, in its approach to handling the virus — the burden of cases in proportion to population is much lower in India.