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Worldwide coronavirus deaths pass 900,000 as pandemic epicentre shifts to India
- India is recording more fatalities than any other country – an average of over 1,000 daily for the last two weeks
- The Americas still account for more than half of all deaths worldwide owing to high death counts in Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Chile and Ecuador
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The global death toll from the coronavirus passed 900,000 on Wednesday, as worldwide cases neared 28 million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
The United States remained the world’s worst-affected country, with deaths exceeding 190,000 and cases exceeding 6.3 million. Brazil is in second place with more than 127,000 deaths followed by India with more than 75,000 dead.
On Thursday, India recorded another one day record increase in new coronavirus infections, logging 95,735 new cases. With reported infections nearing 4.5 million, it bumped Brazil and its almost 4.2 million cases to third place this week.
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As the epicentre of the pandemic shifts to India, there is no sign of a peak in the world’s second most populous nation. As bars reopened on Wednesday for the first time since lockdown, it is adding more cases each day than any other country since the onset at the start of the year.
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India overtakes Brazil with second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, city of Pune national hotspot
India overtakes Brazil with second-highest number of Covid-19 cases, city of Pune national hotspot
It is recording more deaths than any other country – an average of more than 1,000 daily for the last two weeks.
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