India Surpasses 200,000 Cumulative COVID-19 Cases... 7th Largest Worldwide

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Jae-hee] The cumulative number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in India has surpassed 200,000.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India on the 3rd, as of 10 a.m. that day, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India was recorded at 207,615. This ranks seventh worldwide.

It has been 125 days since the first case was discovered in Kerala, southern India, on January 30, and the number has roughly doubled in two weeks since surpassing 100,000 on the 19th of last month.

The number of newly confirmed cases on that day alone was 8,909, the largest scale since the outbreak began.

The recovery rate, which is the ratio of cumulative recovered cases to cumulative confirmed cases, is 48.3%. So far, 100,303 people have been confirmed recovered after infection.

By region, Maharashtra, which includes Mumbai, India's largest economic city, has the highest number of infections at 72,300. The cumulative confirmed cases in the capital, New Delhi, stand at 22,132.

Meanwhile, the Indian government has decided to lift lockdown orders in most areas by the end of this month. From the 8th, the operation of restaurants, shopping malls, hotels, etc. will be permitted, and the resumption of international flights is also under consideration.

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