Total Covid-19 cases in India topped seven million on Saturday and the total number of recovered patients surpassed six million, with an apparent visible slowdown in the rate of new infections across the country in recent weeks.
The last 1 million infections occurred in 13 days, compared to the previous 1 million cases that arrived in 12 days, a statistic that highlights how new cases in the country are subsiding. More than 107,000 people have lost their lives to the viral disease in the seven months since the outbreak began in India in early March.
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As of late Saturday, there were 7,051,165 total Covid-19 cases, 108,374 deaths, while 6,074,507 people had recovered from the disease, according to HT’s Covid-19 control panel.
However, the first wave of Covid-19 appears to be receding for the first time, with cases experiencing a steady decline for three consecutive weeks. However, experts warned that with the arrival of the holiday season, the curve can rise again if people let their guard down.
The seven-day average of daily cases in India reached 93,617 on Sept. 16, the highest to date. Since then, however, this number (also known as the case’s daily trajectory) has been falling steadily and stands at 72,003 on Saturday, 23% less than the peak.
This drop in the rate of new cases is evident if the country’s seven million infections are divided into phases of millions of cases.
While the first million cases took 137 days, the next million new infections occurred in 21, 16 and 13 days.
India touched five million cases on September 15, 11 days from the day it hit four million. From there, however, the duration has gradually increased: six million cases took 12 days, while the seven million mark was reached in 13 days. This trajectory reversal has been led by some of the states that have so far led to the national surge in cases: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi. Together, these four states have been responsible for 46% of all infections, and new infections have fallen from highs in the first half of September.
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