Killer corona accelerates in India, grows 13 times in 15 days

Coronavirus is accelerating it's spread in India despite lockdown

In last 15 days, corona positive cases have jumped to 13 times

The initial delay in reaction has now become a severe threat to India

What is alarming is that the pandemic is becoming deadlier in India despite precautions

The disease accelerated after it reached 1 lakh-mark globally.

The WHO said it took 67 days for Covid-19 outbreak to infect first 1 lakh patients on March 7.

But to infect another 1 lakh people, the coronavirus took just 12 days.

The spur in cases show that India is now following the same pattern

India reported its first Covid-19 case on January 30.

It was the same day that the WHO declared novel coronavirus a global emergency.

By February 3, there were three cases in India.

On February 20, all three Covid-19 patients were discharged after they recovered from infection.

By February 28, India had tested 2,880 samples, of whichs only three had tested positive.

March 2, two cases were reported - one each from Delhi and Hyderabad.

On March 10, the Covid-19 cases reached 50 and on March 15 it crossed 100-mark (107).

On March 20 - with 50 new cases - novel coronavirus cases jumped to 223.

That is, India reported 105 cases in 13 days between March 2 and 5.

But in just next five days, the country recorded 118 more cases.

In another four days, the number crossed 500 on March 24

That is, India saw almost 300 fresh cases after it breached 200-mark.

At noon on March 26, the official data put the number of Covid-19 patients at 659

That is, in 15 days (March 11-26), coronavirus cases in India increased nearly 13 times.

The official death count due to novel coronavirus infection stood at 16

Corona is getting deadlier with the speed of its spread in India