September surge: India No.1 in Covid cases and deaths in first 15 days

NEW DELHI: September is proving to be a grim month for India in its fight against coronavirus pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University data, India is the second worst-hit nation in terms of Covid-19 cases after the US, while it is in the third spot in fatalities after the US and Brazil. Such has been the surge in the daily rise of cases that India added 1 million Covid cases in a record time of 11 days in September. If we look at the Covid caseload in the first 15 days of September, India is at...