On January 30, 2020 India had reported its first case of the novel coronavirus, nearly a year ago. Since then India has witnessed a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, peaking at August-September but now the caseload is on a 7-month low.Now with two COVID-19 vaccines, India is staring at a possible clampdown of the pandemic which resulted in the loss of 1.5 lakh lives, caused major economic disruption and left millions of families without a livelihood.
January-February 2020: On January 30, 2020, the first case of coronavirus was registered in Kerala. Some students who returned from Wuhan in February were found positive, but the infection did not reach double digits.
March 2020 - On March 4, as many as 22 cases were recorde in India of which 14 were infected among a group of Italian tourists. On March 12, the first death from coronavirus was registered in the country. Tablighi Jamat's event is being considered as the biggest super spreader event in Delhi in mid-March. The infection increased rapidly in states like UP, Bihar, Bengal.
April 2020: The number of cases in April increased nearly 23 times as compared to March. According to the graph shared by NDTV, on April 14 more than 1463 coronavirus cases were found in the country, who reached by April 30. By the end of April, the total deaths had risen to 1075.May 2020: Despite lockdown, the number of cases continued to grow and on an average 6-7 thousand COIVD-19 numbers were reported daily.
June 2020: Unlocking of the nationwide clapmdown was announced and it was expected that the economic activity will increase rapidly. July 2020: With the onset of rainy season, the total cases in the country crossed 1 million on July 17 which includes 2.75 lakh cases in Maharashtra and 11.6 lakh from Delhi.
August 2020: In August, 19 lakh 87 thousand 705 cases of COVID were found in India and 28,859 deaths had been reported. On August 1, as many as 54,735 cases were recorded while by August 31 around 78,761 cases were registered with an average of 800–900 deaths every day.
September 2020: September was the worst as the daily caseload increased from 70 thousand to nearly 1 lakh.
October 2020: On October 3, the total deaths in India crossed one-lakh mark. But after 1181 deaths on October 1, the death toll stayed at 551 on October 31. New cases also remained close to 48 thousand on October 31.
November 2020: After nearly two million cases consecutively for three months, there was some relief in November.
December 2020: On December 18, in the midst of a decline in coronavirus cases, the total caseload exceeded one crore.
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