Covid-19 Factoid: India's fifth block of 10,000 deaths came in just 10 days

While the country had taken nearly 100 days from the outbreak to report its first 10,000 deaths, the fifth has taken a tenth of that

The global count of confirmed coronavirus cases has now reached 21.7 million, of which over 6 million are still active ones. While more than 14 million people have made successful recoveries worldwide, about 769,000 patients have lost their lives so far.

In India, there now are almost 2.6 million reported cases, of which 26 per cent (677,444) are currently active. The recovery rate has now risen to 72 per cent, with 1,862,258 cases reported as having recovered. The fatality rate, meanwhile, has dipped below 2 per cent.

Here are some data points on the outbreak:

1. India’s death toll crosses 50,000

As India crosses