A year after first Covid-19 victim, India has over 158,000 deaths 2 minutes read
New Delhi, Mar 12 (efe-epa).- India on Friday completed a year after the Covid-19 claimed its first victim in the country that has since become the world’s second-worst affected nation due to the pandemic with more than 11.3 million infections and over 158,000 deaths.
However, the overall fatality rate is relatively lower than other worst-affected nations considering its population of 1.35 billion and housing some of the world’s most densely populated cities in the country.
A year ago, on Mar.12, a 76-year-old died man in Kalaburagi of the southern Karnataka state.