NEW DELHI : India breached the grim milestone of 1 lakh deaths due to Covid-19 on Friday. With over 1,121 deaths registered in the past 24 hours, the toll touched 100194 .82% of new deaths are reported from 10 States and UTs, according to the union health ministry.
40% of deaths reported are from Maharashtra followed by Karnataka, the government said.The union health ministry has maintained that India still has one of the lowest cases (4453) as well as deaths (70) per million in the world.
India currently stands at third spot in terms of covid-19 deaths after USA and Brazil.At the same time, the number of covid-19 cases neared 64 lakhs.