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Updated: May 7, 2020 9:13:17 pm
Coronavirus (COVID-19): The journey of 40,000 to 50,000 cases has taken just four days.
The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus infection crossed the 50,000 figure on Wednesday as India added nearly 3,500 new cases in one day. Of these, the city of Mumbai has only contributed More than 10,000 cases.
While it took almost a month and a half for India to discover the first 10,000 cases, the journey from 40,000 to 50,000 cases It has only taken four days.
Globally, there are now only 13 countries with more infections than India. One of them, Peru has around 55,000 cases, which India is likely to exceed today.
| 3-100 cases | 14 days |
| 100 – 1000 cases | 14 days |
| 1000 – 10000 boxes | 16 days |
| 10000 – 50000 boxes | 23 days |
| 40,000 – 50,000 cases | 4 days |
There are seven states with 3,000 or more cases: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, and these represent more than 43,000 of the 52,800 cases in India at the moment, which are more than 80 percent of the total cases. Add the cases of Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and west of bengal Also, and this handles more than 90 percent of all confirmed infections in India.
| Status (Top 10) | Total cases | New cases | Deceased |
| Maharashtra | 16758 | 1233 | 651 |
| Gujarat | 6625 | 380 | 396 |
| Delhi | 5532 | 428 | Sixty-five |
| Tamil Nadu | 4829 | 771 | 35 |
| Rajasthan | 3224 | 129 129 | 93 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3138 | 89 | 185 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2998 | 118 | 60 60 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1777 | 60 60 | 36 |
| Punjab | 1526 | 75 | 27 |
| west of bengal | 1456 | 112 | 144 |
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On Wednesday, India added 3,469 new patients, which was once again the largest increase in a single day, excluding May 4 when more than 3800 new infections were registered mainly because some pending results in Maharashtra from previous days were confirmed. Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu contributed nearly 2,000 cases on Wednesday. Gujarat and Delhi added another 800.
Of the 1233 new cases in Maharashtra, 769 were registered in Mumbai alone. Mumbai has a abnormally high positivity rate too. Almost 15 percent of all people tested in Mumbai have tested positive for the virus. Nationally, this figure is only three percent. More than 12.75 lakh people have been evaluated across the country, of which approximately 53,000 are positive. In Mumbai, the more than 10,000 cases have been confirmed with only 73,000 tests.
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