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Covid-19 Factoid: India's tests per 1 mn people half as much as Brazil's

Among Indian states, Bihar's tally of confirmed coronavirus cases is doubling at the fastest rate - just 4.1 days; Punjab is faring the best at a little more than 60 days

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FILE PIC: A medic conducts thermal screening of a passenger waiting to board a train to Delhi at Howrah station, during the ongoing Covid-19 nationwide lockdown, in Kolkata. Photo: PTI

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi
The global tally of coronavirus cases currently stands at around 5.2 million. While there have been 334,680 deaths worldwide, over 2 million confirmed recoveries have been reported so far. With a recent spurt in cases, Brazil has quickly surpassed Spain to become the third-most-affected country by number of confirmed cases.

In India, there now are 118,447 confirmed coronavirus cases, 3,583 fatalities, and 48,534 recoveries. On May 21, India reported more than 6,000 cases in its sharpest single-day spike. It has added more than 4,000 cases on every single day since May 17.

Here are some data points mapping the spread

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