New Delhi, May 6 -- Going by the total number of infections, India is the 15th worst affected country, but measured by the quantum of daily spike in absolute terms, India is now in the league of big 5 after the US, the UK, Russia and Brazil. In percentage terms - calculated on the basis of total positive cases - the volume of its daily rise leaves it only behind Russia among the top five nations.

On Monday, India recorded 3,900 positive cases, less than the rise registered by the US 24,663 cases, Russia 10,581, the UK 3,985 and Brazil 7,119 in the same 24 hours. Apart from these four nations, and Peru which is giving a hot chase, India has left all other countries far behind in contributing in absolute daily terms. With this speed, India...