Covid-19 factoid: South Korea stages a sharp recovery, Kerala does well too

While Michigan and New York have the highest fatality rate among states in the US, Kerala has brought things well under control

The global tally of coronavirus infections has now crossed 2.2 million, with 150,000 plus fatalities. The number of recoveries globally is still a little over half a million. The worst affected country in the world, the United States, now has more than 700,000 cases alone. This is more than the number of cases in the next five worst affected countries taken together. 

In India, the tally of confirmed cases is close to the 15,000 mark. The number of daily new cases have dropped slightly for three days now. The current death toll stands at 496, with a little over 2,000