Covid-19 Factoid: India, US, Brazil account for half of global cases

While Assam crosses the 100,000 mark, Pune becomes India's worst-affected district

The global confirmed case count is now 25.3 million, of which more than half the cases are from just three countries – the US, Brazil, and India. Global recoveries stand at almost 17.5 million, while fatalities have crossed 848,920. 

In India, there are now more than 3.5 million cases, of which 725,991, or 21.6 per cent are currently active. Recovery rate has risen marginally to 76.6 per cent, with over 2.7 million people recovering from the infection. The mortality rate is now at 1.79 per cent, with over 63,000 deaths, the fourth-highest death toll in the world.

Here are some data points