Covid-19 Factoid: Pace of rise in global death toll is declining steadily

In India, Jharkhand is seeing a sudden spike in daily new cases. Almost half of all its 1,028 confirmed cases have come since May 29

#1. The death rate in Mexico is witnessing a substantial rise

Mexico, one of the newest countries in the club of those with more than 100,000 cases, is witnessing a sharp increase in its death rate. The metric, at 2.4 per cent on April 1, has since jumped to 12 per cent. Mexico’s death toll stands at 13,511 at present.

#2. Number of deaths globally is growing at a much slower pace now

While the first 100,000 deaths globally took 92 days to come by, the next 100,000 were registered in just 15 days. Since then, the number