'Modi self patting his govt by lying that India is more successful in COVID management'

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Congress on Wednesday, September 16 said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is self patting his government by lying that India is more successful in covid management than any other country.

“Covid cases has reached alarming levels and has touched 50 lakh in India. 10 lakh cases of infection have been recorded in just last 11 days,” tweeted the official Twitter handle of Karnataka Congress

“Narendra Modi is self patting his govt by lying that India is more successful in covid management than any other country-Can he Explain how ?,” the tweet added.

India’s COVID-19 tally of cases galloped past 50 lakh, just 11 days after it crossed 40 lakh with 90,123 infections being reported in a day, while recoveries surged to 39,42,360 on Wednesday pushing the recovery rate to 78.53 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data.

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 50,20,359, while the death toll climbed to 82,066 with a record 1,290 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

India’s COVID-19 cases jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days. Then it took 16 more days to race past 30 lakh, 13 days more to cross the 40-lakh mark and 11 days to go past 50 lakh.

It took 110 days for the COVID-19 cases in the country to reach one lakh while it had taken 59 days more to go past the 10-lakh post.