Jennifer Mendoza
Research expert covering health, pharma and medtech
Coronavirus (COVID-19) in India - statistics & facts
India witnessed an outbreak of the coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, or SARS-CoV-2 in late January 2020 when three Indian students travelled to the southern state of Kerala from Wuhan in China - the epicenter of the outbreak. All three tested positive for COVID-19, confirming a local contagion. At the same time, several other cases were detected in other parts of the country, most of which were linked to people with a travel history to affected countries. Infections increased rapidly since March 2020, with a significant growth in testing.
