India now have World's fastest Coronavirus growth rate

India's coronavirus epidemic is now growing at the fastest in the world, increasing 20% over the last week to more than 1.4 million confirmed cases, according to Bloomberg's Coronavirus Tracker.

Today is the 128th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown, to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, India has recorded 15,31,669 confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 34,193 deaths. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat have reported the highest number of cases.

While India is still the third-worst affected country in the world, following the US and Brazil, growth in new cases is the fastest in India.

Also, Pune's BT Medical college and Sassoon General Hospital has claimed to have reported India's first documented case of vertical transmission of coronavirus from a pregnant women to her unborn body.

US deaths from Covid-19 rose for a third week in a row to more than 6,300 people in the seven days ended July 26, though the number of new cases fell 2%, dropping for the first time after rising for five weeks, a Reuters analysis found.