At the beginning of the outbreak, the giant country presented optimistic data • Since then, more than a million people have contracted the virus and tens of thousands have died • Although in terms of population size mortality is still low - the trend is alarming • "No one can help right now"
Tens of thousands died in India from the corona. The funeral of a patient who died of the virus in the country, today
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Last Friday, India achieved a landmark that only two other countries - the United States and Brazil - achieved before it: more than 1.1 million people have contracted the virus since the outbreak of the corona virus, out of 14.1 million patients. However, India's population is almost 1.4 billion people, so it's not a catastrophe yet - at least relatively.
Either way, the rate of spread of the corona plague in the subcontinent is increasing rapidly. Of those more than a million patients, 28,092 have died so far. Only today (Monday) about 35,000 new cases of viral patients were discovered and close to 600 people died from it in the last day, and it is hard not to wonder whether the country with the second largest population in the world really manages to function in the crisis.
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This crisis comes precisely after when the plague broke out, India presented quite optimistic data. Unlike other Asian countries where the outbreak was particularly severe, it reported the first death from the disease only on March 13, and even then there were only 73 patients. Four months later, the death toll from the virus in India now stands at 28,092 people.
The number of active patients today is also not very encouraging, and stands at 400,000 people, while in this case too India is lagging behind the US and Brazil.
The Indian government tried to preempt a cure for Mecca, when on March 11 it suspended all tourist visas and on March 22 canceled all international flights that were supposed to pass through it. Three days later, India declared a closure on all of its 1.1 billion inhabitants. At that time, there were 519 active patients and only ten dead in the country. When the restrictions were partially lifted two months later, on May 30, the number of patients jumped significantly to 180,000 people.
The curve is not flattened
The difficult data continues to accumulate, with only 35,000 new cases of viral patients being detected today, and close to 600 people dying from it in the last day. Now, it is hard not to wonder whether the country with the second largest population in the world has already passed the peak of its eruption.
A medical expert interviewed by CNN said that while India had reached one of the hardest points in the fight against the virus, it had not yet reached its peak: "We have certainly not flattened the morbidity curve." He added that now, the continuation of the struggle depends on the Indian community: "No factor can really help at the moment against the outbreak."