Soutik Biswas: Coronavirus update: India is facing a 'severe, intensive' second wave

"The virus seems to have become more transmissible in the second wave. We are admitting entire families who are infected. We are also seeing a lot of young people, aged below 40, getting sick," says Dr Kalantri. India's tally of recorded coronavirus cases exceeds 12 million, the third-highest in the world behind the US and Brazil. It has reported more than 160,000 deaths from the infection but the case fatality rate or CFR, which measures deaths among Covid-19 patients, is among the lowest in the world.

How deadly is the second wave? Many experts believe India is facing the threat of a devastating and deadlier second wave of the virus…

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56586420

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