covid-19 crossed 100,000 in India on Friday, prompting warnings from health experts that the toll may rise manifold unless the government slows the pandemic’s march in a cluster of 10 hardest-hit states.With more than 1,095 deaths registered in the past 24 hours, India’s toll touched 100,271 on Friday.
Around 83.4% of the new deaths reported on Thursday were from 10 states—led by Maharashtra with 394 deaths and followed by Karnataka with 130 deaths.
The eight other states are Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Chhattisgarh.Around 76.6% of new active cases—patients who are in care or self-quarantine—are in another cluster of 10 states.