Alarm as doubling time in Covid fatalities shortens in six states

India recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,15,736 Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 1,28,01,785. The country reported 630 Covid-linked deaths in a span of 24 hours, the highest since November.

With its highest number of confirmed infections, India is the world’s latest epicentre of the Covid outbreak now. That said, India still doesn’t have a fatality rate as severe as most of the other countries. But the speed with which deaths from the new wave of the pandemic are doubling up in several states is a cause of serious concern.