A health worker checks the temperature of a vegetable vendor during the lockdown as a precautionary measure at Pudupet temporary market, in Chennai on June 26, 2020.

A health worker checks the temperature level of a veggie vendor during the lockdown as a precautionary procedure at Pudupet temporary market, in Chennai on June 26, 2020.|Picture Credit:
B. Velankanni Raj


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India accounts for over 5%of the world’s cases and 3%of fatalities; screening still inadequate relative to the outbreak size.

In the five-month duration after the very first case was tape-recorded on January 30, infections and deaths have spiralled upwards, however the testing rate, which is measured as ‘tests per verified cases’, has consistently come down.

Cases and deaths

As of June 26, India accounted for over 5%of the world’s cases and 3%of casualties. Click to see the chart

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