The country reported 5,814 deaths in a week from August 16 to August 22, with more than 900 people dying every 24 hours on average, according to the health ministry’s coronavirus tracker. Covid-19 deaths in India, the third worst-hit nation in the world, topped 50,000 on August 17, five months after the country reported its first coronavirus fatality. Maharashtra has seen the most number of deaths due to the coronavirus disease as 21,698 people have died so far in the western state. The global death toll from the coronavirus disease surpassed 800,000 on Saturday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India leading the rise in fatalities. The US death toll surpassed 170,000 on Sunday, the highest in the world.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2020 02:46 UTC