The total number of Covid-19 infections in India crossed 20 million on Monday as the country reported 357,229 new cases in the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning.
India's infection tally is only behind the United States, which has reported more than 32 million cases. Experts believe even these huge figures are an undercount, but it’s unclear by how much.
It took India just over four months to add 10 million cases, versus more than ten months for its first 10 million.
The double mutant variant of the virus is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier second wave of Covid-19. Samples of the variant are being sent to London for wider studies on the effectiveness of the existing vaccines against it, according to The Indian Express.
