Ten months into the Covid-19 pandemic, India’s tally of total cases crossed the 1 crore-mark trailing behind the US, the only other country to have crossed that threshold. Credit: AFP
India's total case count on Friday reached 10,004,825; total deaths are at 320,845 and total recovered cases stood at 10,394,286. Credit: PTI
The fatality and recovery rate stand at 1.45 and 95.40 per cent, respectively, making it the best in the world. Credit: AFP
India first crossed the 20-lakh mark only on August 7. It crossed 30-lakh mark within the following two weeks on August 23. The tally crossed the 40-lakh mark on September 5, the 50-lakh mark on September 16 and the 60-lakh mark on September 28. Credit: PTI
The tally crossed 80-lakh mark on October and 90-lakh mark on November 20. But October was the first month when the number of fresh infections and fatalities saw a fall. Credit: PTI
India started showing a decline in number of cases when the US and Europe were seeing heightened risk from Covid-19. It was reported in November that the reason that lower infections are surfacing is that many states which had been the hotspot of the virus, had rolled back on testing in October and November. Credit: PTI
A vaccine may be around the corner, as the Indian drug regulators are still studying proposals of pharma company Bharat BioTech and the Serum Institute of India for their Covid-19 vaccines before giving their go-ahead. Credit: PTI
Published 19 December 2020, 04:51 IST