Coronavirus death toll hits 400,000 worldwide
nNEW DELHI: The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic has claimed 400,000 lives globally since it surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year and went on to ravage countries across the world that are now attempting to revive economies battered by the lockdowns imposed to curb the spread of the Sars-cov-2 virus that causes the disease.
It took nearly four months for the death toll from the respiratory illness to reach the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths. As the virus spread from China – where it first originated in December 2019 – to find a strong foothold in Europe, the number of fatalities doubled to 200,000 in another 15 days.
The subsequent 100,000 deaths were added in 20 and 23 days, respectively, offering a glimmer of hope that many of the hot spots such as Spain, Italy, UK and France may have seen the worst.
Although European countries have begun to reopen businesses and industries, Latin America, particularly Brazil, has emerged as the latest epicentre of the viral
NEWDELHI: India on Saturday saw its Covid-19 tally rise by more than 10,000 cases in a single day for the first time since the outbreak began in the country, with the daily number of infections gradually rising even as lockdown restrictions are eased, and businesses and industries re-started. The country’s total tally now stands at 246,472 including 6,873 deaths.
Delhi also reported another 1,320 new cases and 53 more fatalities that took the national capital’s tally to 27,654 and toll to 761. The city has been adding at least 1,000 daily cases for the last 9 days, except June 1.