The death rate in India has remained at 3.3%, while the global fatality rate hovers around 6% The number of people succumbing to covid-19 in India neared 5,000 on Friday, crossing China’s toll of 4,638.
The country now is the ninth worst hit by the coronavirus, following a sharp rise in infections to more than 170,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University’s real-time dashboard of the disease.
There has been a sharp rise in covid-19 cases and deaths in past few weeks in India, especially in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Gujarat.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat recorded a total of 115,423 cases and 3,610 deaths as of Friday. Delhi recorded 1,106 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total in the national capital to 17,386
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