I have been doing Data Analytics Studies on the Coronavirus Pandemic for 71 days and have written 124 research-based blog posts on COVID-19 in these 71 days.
India is now No.10 in the list of 213 countries and territories (plus 2 cruise ships) which have reported Covid-19 cases. It overtook Iran to reach this position today.
The country has been continuously climbing the ranks in number of cases for the past 40 days. India was ranked No.21 on April 14, No.17 on April 19, No.16 on April 24, No.15 on April 29, No.15 on May 4, No.14 on May 9, No.12 on May 14, No.11 on May 19 and also yesterday (May 24).
Other big climbers include Brazil, Russia, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Chile, Mexico, Pakistan, Qatar, and Bangladesh. Apart from Russia, all these countries are in South America, South Asia (Indian Subcontinent), or the Middle East. In all probability, they are late arrivals into the Top 25 list of countries with most number of cases as they started aggressive testing quite late, just like India.
Brazil was ranked No.14 on April 14, No.12 on April 19, No.11 on April 24, No.11 on April 29, No.9 on May 4, No.8 on May 9, No.6 on May 14, No.4 on May 19 and No.2 yesterday.
Russia was ranked No.15 on April 14, No.10 on April 19, No.10 on April 24, No.8 on April 29, No.7 on May 4, No.5 on May 9, No.3 on May 14, No.2 on May 19 and No.3 yesterday.
Peru was ranked No.22 on April 14, No.19 on April 19, No.18 on April 24, No.16 on April 29, No.14 on May 4, No.13 on May 9, No.13 on May 14, No.12 on May 19 and yesterday.
Saudi Arabia was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, or April 24. It was No.22 on April 29, No.19 on May 4, No.18 on May 9, No.17 on May 14, No.15 on May 19 and yesterday.
Chile was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, April 24, April 29, or May 4. It was No.25 on May 9, No.22 on May 14, No.19 on May 19 and No.17 yesterday. Chile has overtaken Mexico to the No.16 rank today.
Mexico was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, April 24, or April 29. It was No.21 on May 4, No.19 on May 9, No.19 on May 14, No.18 on May 19 and No.16 yesterday. It has been overtaken by Chile today.
Pakistan was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, April 24, April 29, or May 4. It was No.22 on May 9, No.21 on May 14 and May 19 and No.19 yesterday.
Qatar was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, April 24, April 29, May 4, or May 9. It was No.24 on May 14, No.23 on May 19 and No.21 yesterday. It is at No.20 today, having overtaken Netherlands.
Bangladesh was not in the Top 25 on April 14, April 19, April 24, April 29, May 4, May 9, May 14, or May 19. It was No.24 yesterday.
LATEST UPDATES (at 3:30 pm UTC):
- The world has crossed 5.542 million cases
- The Top 20 countries have together crossed 4.642 million cases, which equals about 83.8% of the total cases worldwide
- The global death toll is over 347,000
- India has crossed 144,118 cases and 4,117 deaths as per covid19india.org
- India’s Maharashtra state, with 52,667 cases, would rank No.20 in the world if it were a country (up from No.44 on April 24)
- 9 countries have crossed 150,000 cases (up from 1 on April 3)
- 12 countries have crossed 100,000 cases (up from 3 on April 3)
- 19 countries have crossed 50,000 cases (up from 8 on April 3)
- 29 countries have crossed 25,000 cases (up from 11 on April 3)
- 42 countries have crossed 15,000 cases (up from 16 on April 16)
- 49 countries have crossed 10,000 cases (up from 23 on April 16)
- 56 countries have crossed 7,500 cases (up from 26 on April 16)
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64 countries have crossed 5,000 cases (up from 20 on April 16)
- Sweden became the 16th country to cross 4,000 deaths
- 5 countries have crossed 25,000 deaths (up from 0 on April 3)
- 12 countries have crossed 5,000 deaths (up from 5 on April 3)
- 19 countries have crossed 2,500 deaths (up from 7 on April 3)
- 25 countries have crossed 1,000 deaths (up from 10 on April 3)
- 36 countries have crossed 500 deaths (up from 16 on April 16)