Covid deaths surge by 14.5% in a week

NEW DELHI: India recorded over 8,000 Covid-19 deaths in the past week, a sharp rise of 14.5% over the previous week, with fatalities averaging more than 1,100 per day. Fresh cases reported during the week also rose by 11%, as more than 6.4 lakh cases were detected. Both the count of cases and the death toll in India during the week (September 7-13) were the highest in the world. While India has been reporting the highest number of Covid cases in the world since August, the country’s rising death toll has overtaken other countries in September so far.
The sharp rise in deaths last week would be a source of worry, especially since fatalities had hitherto been rising only gradually. As against 8,069 fatalities and a growth of 14.5% during the week, deaths in the previous week had risen by 1.7% with a count of 7,050. For the first time, the national death toll remained above 1,000 on all days of the past week.