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Covid-19 Factoid: Sweden's death-recovery gap, and India's worst sufferers

While North America is adding more coronavirus cases to the global total than Europe and Asia combined, Sweden strategy of not enforcing a lockdown also seems to have failed

Medics wearing protective suits collect swab sample of Chandni Mahal residents, after the area was identified as COVID-19 hotspot, during the nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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Medics wearing protective suits collect swab sample of Chandni Mahal residents, after the area was identified as COVID-19 hotspot, during the nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases globally has reached 2,588,335, and more than 180,000 people have died because of Covid-19 so far. In India, the tally of confirmed cases has breached the 20,000 mark and fatality in the country stands at nearly 650.

Here are a few data trends to help you understand the present pandemic situation better:

1. America is adding more new cases daily than Europe and Asia combined

North America continues to have a lead in adding new cases to the global tally of Covid-19 infections, with the bulk of those cases being contributed by the US.

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