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India's Covid-19 tally nears 5 mn, closing the gap with the US at 6.5 mn
Business Standard | 15/09/2020 10:44 PM | Click to read full article
India took six months to reach the first million covid cases and it has gone from four to 4.9 million in 11 days. One-fifth of the total cases are active in India.
With coronavirus cases reaching almost 5 million mark and deaths crossing at over 80,000, India is closing the gap with the US which has over 6.5 million cases, the highest in the world even as its race for covid vaccine is gathering pace.
