India has become the fifth worst coronavirus-hit country in the world after surpassing Spain on Saturday. As of today the total number of confirmed cases in the country has jumped to 256611 including 7135 deaths according to data on the Union Health Ministry website. Spain which was a COVID-19 epicentre a few weeks ago has 241310 confirmed cases which includes 27135 deaths. The four countries that have more cases than India are the US (1915712) Brazil (672846) Russia (467673) and the UK (284872). The COVID-19 pandemic is a huge challenge for India but it also presents an opportunity to speed up