In the first ten days of May, India’s reported count of covid-19 deaths was nearly 40,000, roughly accounting for a third of deaths worldwide during this period. Even without accounting for under-reporting, India’s second wave has been catastrophic, claiming far more lives each day than in any period in 2020. The virus was getting ready for the second wave to come back harder, we were not." Even India’s official count suggests that the total deaths in April were 30% higher than in September, when the first wave peaked. An analysis of the case-adjusted fatality rates show that four major hotspots - Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh - were mainly responsible for the spike in all-India fatality rates in April.

Source: Mint May 12, 2021 06:24 UTC