Covid-19 Factoid: India's tally grew from 60,000 to 70,000 in just two days

A day after reporting its highest single-day rise in addition to case tally, India on Tuesday saw some respite, with its daily new cases coming down but daily recoveries remaining almost unchanged

The global tally of confirmed coronavirus infections currently stands at around 4.3 million, and death toll at 288,209. Russia has added more than 10,000 cases on each of the past six days to become the third most impacted nation – next only to the US and Spain – by total number of confirmed cases.

In India, the count of confirmed cases has breached the 70,000 mark, and the death toll is close to 2,300.

Here are a few data trends mapping the contagion:

1. The US has reported a fall in daily new case additions for four days in a