Summary:
On August 7, India breached the psychologically significant mark of 2 million Covid cases, just three weeks after it announced crossing the first million.
This is significant in the sense that India`s second million corona cases came faster than the United States and Brazil, the two worst-affected countries due to the pandemic.
It took India 149 days to go from discovering its first case in Kerala`s Thrissur on January 30 to 5 lakh (half million) cases on June 26.
In contrast, the US and Brazil reached half a million cases far faster, in 81 and 96 days respectively.
From there, the two countries took slightly less time than India to reach one million cases.
India took 20 days to record the next 5 lakh cases, US 17 days and Brazil 19 days.
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New Delhi: On August 7, India breached the psychologically significant mark of 2 million Covid cases, just three weeks after it announced crossing the first million.
This is significant in the sense that India`s second million corona cases came faster than the United States and Brazil, the two worst-affected countries due to the pandemic.
It took India 149 days to go from discovering its first case in Kerala`s Thrissur on January 30 to 5 lakh (half million) cases on June 26.
In contrast, the US and Brazil reached half a million cases far faster, in 81 and 96 days respectively.
From there, the two countries took slightly less time than India to reach one million cases.
India took 20 days to record the next 5 lakh cases, US 17 days and Brazil 19 days.
Since then, India has been in a league of its own, racing from one to two million in just 21 days, far faster than the US (43 days) and Brazil (27 days).