Despite stringent lockdown, India's COVID-19 cases, deaths record fastest rise even as GDP plummets

The country's GDP contraction was the worst among many major economies Despite enforcing the most stringent lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19, the average daily cases and deaths in India are growing at the fastest pace in the world. Due to the severe restrictions between April and June, the economy took an unprecedented hit with the GDP contracting for the first time in decades in the April to June quarter.