4 million global Covid-19 deaths: where counts are rising or falling, and why

Friday, 9 July 2021Newsdesk

The world crossed a grim milestone on Wednesday, with Covid-19 deaths crossing the four million (40 lakh) mark. That is more than four times the number of deaths that happen in India in a normal year. Although the daily death count has come down to an extent, between 6,000 and 8,000 deaths are still being reported every day from across the world. India alone is accounting for 800 to 900 of these deaths.

New Delhi, 09 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, With over six lakh deaths until now, the United States has the highest number of Covid-19 fatalities, followed by Brazil (over five lakh) and India. which recently crossed four lakh. India’s share in the global death toll has remained steady, at around 10%, for several months now. Brazil has been reporting a large number of deaths since August-September last year, and so has Mexico. But in the last few months, countries like Peru, Colombia and Argentina have seen a very sharp rise in Covid-19 deaths. In fact, Peru has now emerged as the country with the highest number of deaths per million population — nearly 6,000, when the world average is only about 51.

Source -The Indian Express