India accounts for half of Covid-19 cases and 30% of deaths worldwide, the World Health Organisation says. Experts still cannot say for sure when numbers will peak and concern is growing about the transmissibility of the variant that is driving infections in India and spreading worldwide. GLOBAL SPREADThe country accounts for half of Covid-19 cases and 30% of deaths worldwide, the World Health Organisation said. It has designated the B.1.617 variant found there of global concern but said its full impact is not yet clear. That share is nearly two-thirds in the most populous, and mainly rural, state of Uttar Pradesh, government data showed.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 12, 2021 18:56 UTC