India's Corona Cases rises sharply, could reach 10000 in eight days

In the last 48 hours, the number of cases of coronavirus had increased drastically. The number increases by more than 50%. On 1 April, it was around 1400 but now it became around 4500.

On comparing the with the last week, India's trajectory became steeper but it is flatter than that of the US. Yet it is steeper than that of Singapore, which managed to flatten their coronavirus curves.

Today India's count is now more than double what it was before four days. With this trajectory, it is expected that within eight days it could reach up to 10,000. Although the Indian government had prepared for that condition very consciously by converting train couch into isolation centre and many more precautions but if that situation arises India's hospitals could get overwhelmed.

Cases will likely continue to mount over the coming days, even if the lockdown has lowered the rate of transmission of the virus. If the lockdown phase is used efficiently to identify and isolate affected patients, this could help India flatten the curve in the coming weeks. If not, cases could spike once the lockdown ends.