Covid-19: Karnataka overtakes Delhi, has second highest toll

While most states and Union territories have reported more than 1,000 deaths each, only three other than the top five states have more than 10,000 deaths. In contrast, five states/UTs — Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu — have still reported less than 100 deaths.
A massive surge in fatalities this month — 6,790 in only 17 days — has pushed Karnataka’s overall Covid-19 toll past that of even Delhi’s, making it the state with the second-highest number of deaths in the country. Karnataka’s overall case fatality rate (CFR) — deaths among those infected, which is an indicator of the severity of the disease — remains under 1%, against the national average of 1.1%.