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India's second Covid-19 wave continues to spread fast, crossing the grim benchmark of two lakh daily infections during the week 12th to 18 April 2021.
0 Few countries have escaped a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and it is India's turn now, with daily cases crossing the previous peak of September 2020. And this wave is spreading faster than the first, though with a lower fatality ratio, says ratings agency CRISIL. In a report, it says, "Initially concentrated in Maharashtra, new cases are slowly dispersing to other states, which have seen some dip in mobility towards end-March. So far, though, economic impact remains minimal, with localised restrictions.” The past week (29th March- 4 April 2021), saw daily cases shoot up ...