India records world’s highest-ever daily coronavirus death toll as 4,529 die

Coronavirus / India records world’s highest-ever daily coronavirus death toll as 4,529 die
Coronavirus - India records world’s highest-ever daily coronavirus death toll as 4,529 die
New Delhi: India recorded 267,334 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Wednesday, and the number of new fatalities stood at 4,529, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. The total number of Covid-19 tests done during during this period was 20,08,296.

With this, the country's cumulative infection tally went up to 25,496,330 while the death toll soared to 283,248.

Karnataka, the recently emerged Covid-19 hotspot, remained the worst-affected state with 5,75,028 active infections followed by Maharashtra which had 4,19,727 active cases.

As the second wave of Covid-19 slows down in the country, the number of fatalities has been projected to go up. According to experts, people who were infected during the peak of the second wave and are now battling for their lives, are likely to add to the toll in the coming weeks if they do not recover.

The country recorded over 4,000 deaths for the fifth time in a row, even as the number of new cases stayed below the 3 lakh mark for the third consecutive day. The 4,529 fatalities recorded in India surpassed the record of 4,468 deaths in the US on January 12. Brazil, the third hardest-hit country in the world, recorded 4,211 deaths on April 6.

The fall in new cases of Covid-19 can be attributed to fresh restrictions and extended lockdowns, especially in the hot spot states, experts said.

Delhi, for instance, saw a downward trend in the average positivity rate in last 10 days, which fell by over 14% from May 8 to May 18. Chhattisgarh, too, saw its positivity rate drop around 13% in the same period while in Haryana, it dropped over 10%.

Covid-19 lockdowns in the Delhi and Haryana have been extended till May 24 while Chhattisgarh's lockdown has been extended till May 31.

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