India s first case was recorded in January 2020, although the first case of COVID-19 globally had been reported in China in December 2019. But the nation woke up to the pandemic the moment Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on March 24. The entire nation including its industries, trains, planes, public transport, schools, banks, markets and offices, in short, life came to a standstill. As the year draws to a close, the pandemic is still raging though promising vaccines have kindled hopes for a better 2021. Currently, the world has recorded more than 75 million cases of COVID-19 and over 1.6 million deaths. This is more than the entire populations of Madhya Pradesh and Goa respectively. India s case count has crossed 10 million the second highest in the world behind only the US, on December 19.
India has officially crossed 1 crore Covid-19 cases. How did we get here?
As the year draws to a close, promising vaccines have kindled hopes of a better 2021. Dec 21, 2020 · 01:30 pm In the early days of the pandemic, Mumbai emerged as the Covid-19 capital of India. | Francis Mascarenhas/ Reuters
India’s first case was recorded in January, although the first case of Covid-19 globally had been reported in China in December 2019. But the nation woke up to the pandemic the moment Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a
nationwide lockdown on March 24. The entire nation–including its industries, trains, planes, public transport, schools, banks, markets and offices, in short, life – came to a standstill.