Covid-19 Factoid: World took just six days to add one million new cases

It had taken 72 days for the world to register the first 1 million cases. The rate of growth in adding new cases has been increasing since

The global confirmed case count has breached the 10 million mark, of which over 500,000 people have already succumbed to the infection and almost 5.5 million patients have managed to beat the virus and recover. 

Back home, in India, the number of reported cases stands at 528,859, adding almost 20,000 new cases in a single day. The death toll in India has crossed 16,000 and over 300,000 patients have recovered so far.

Here are some data points on the extent of the pandemic:

#1. It just took six days to add 1 million new cases globally

The global cases tally