health facilities and workforce continue to be under severe strain. To curb renewed spread, some states are enforcing localized lockdowns again.Among states, Maharashtra (12,556), Delhi (3,719), Tamil Nadu (3,144), Gujarat (2,224) and Karnataka (1,519) have reported the most deaths.
These states together account for 78% of all covid-related deaths in India so far. However, only two of them, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, have seen a bigger spike than the national average in the last seven days.Tamil Nadu’s toll jumped by nearly 600 within a day after the state government attributed 444 earlier deaths to covid-19.Of the 12 states with the most active cases, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Assam have reported the biggest percentage jumps in deaths..