healthUpdated: Aug 14, 2020 18:35 ISTAt least 104 doctors in India died due to coronavirus infections, a study has found, as the pathogen’s spread accelerates across the world’s second-most populous country. More than half these doctors were younger than 60, according to a study by Rajeev Jayadevan, a gastroenterologist and president of the professional organization representing private doctors in the southern Indian city of Cochin. The paper was posted in an online forum for prepublication research and has not been peer reviewed. In the U.S. as of Aug. 11, 21 physicians have died of Covid-19 -- the disease caused by the novel coronavirus -- according to data compiled by the Guardian and Kaiser Health News. India saw 942 overall deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing its toll to 47,033 fatalities.

Source: Hindustan Times August 14, 2020 13:05 UTC