Over 1 million: India joins US, Brazil in grim coronavirus club
India on Friday became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the United States and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns.
Given India’s population of around 1.3 billion, experts say, one million is relatively low — but the number will rise significantly in the coming months as testing increases, further straining a healthcare system already pushed to the brink.
The pandemic has surged in the country in recent weeks as it spread beyond the biggest cities, pushing India past Russia as the third most infected country last week.
