India's Covid-19 death toll crossed the 9,000-mark on Saturday with a record daily increase making it the world's ninth worst hit nation in terms of fatalities. With 311 fatalities reported on Saturday, the country’s death toll rose to 9,195 — the ninth highest number of deaths from the virus in the world. Since India has the world’s fourth largest Covid-19 caseload, the mortality rate is quite low compared to most of the worst-hit nations. However, deaths from the coronavirus have seen an uptick in the past 10 days, when 312 people on average have succumbed to the infection every day. That’s more than double the average of 137 daily deaths seen during the month of May.

India's Covid-19 death toll crossed the 9,000-mark on Saturday with a record daily increase making it the world's ninth worst hit nation in terms of fatalities. With 311 fatalities reported on Saturday, the country’s death toll rose to 9,195 — the ninth highest number of deaths from the virus in the world. Since India has the world’s fourth largest Covid-19 caseload, the mortality rate is quite low compared to most of the worst-hit nations. However, deaths from the coronavirus have seen an uptick in the past 10 days, when 312 people on average have succumbed to the infection every day. That’s more than double the average of 137 daily deaths seen during the month of May.