Covid-19 factoid: Alarm bells ring as India adds 1,500 cases in a day

Country's death toll consistently rising too, taking just two days to add the last 50 fatalities to the total.

The global death tally due to Covid-19 has now breached 100,000 and the total confirmed cases across the globe has crossed 1.7 million. The number of confirmed cases in the United States is now over half a million and the death toll is nearing 19,000. In the US, New York state alone has over 172,000 cases, more than those in Spain, Italy or France. 

India is also witnessing a spike in the growth rate of confirmed Covid-19 cases as the tally is now over 8,000 and the death toll has crossed over 250.

Here are some trends regarding the current pandemic.