NEW DELHI, India — India has recorded its biggest single-day surge with 5,242 new cases of coronavirus and 157 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s infection tally to more than 96,000, the most in Asia.
Sadly…just the beginning. In a country of 1.35 billion, what can anyone expect!
I really dislike this reporting style, which I have seen lately on Texas as well. Not just TPM, but lots of outlets. India had 5,050 cases on Saturday the 17th. Calling 5,242 cases a “surge” or a “spike” is just journalistic hyperbole, which is fine for sports, but not for pandemics.
The daily rate for India (and Texas) has been headed upwards every day for weeks now. “Its biggest single-day surge” has been happening most days, and will continue happening most days going forward, until they peak and the rate starts slowing down. It’s what happened in New York for weeks till it peaked. Finding some special explanation for the latest “surge” is color commentary, not real journalism.