From one million to two million, India's Covid count doubles in 3 weeks

India’s journey to 1 million Covid-19 cases was spread over close to six months from the time the first positive report surfaced, but the country took only three weeks to double the tally to almost 2 million.
 

In this duration, the number of deaths rose from 25,000 to 40,000. In fact, the average for the last one week is pegged at more than 800 coronavirus deaths a day. Health authorities, however, point to India’s fatality rate of around 2 per cent to show that it’s among the lowest in the world. They also counter the doomsayers, saying the rise in