Weekly Covid toll doubles, case surge starts slowing

The death toll from Covid-19 in India nearly doubled during the week ending Sunday even as the surge in cases began to slow down with infections seeing a distinct shift away from the mega cities. India reported 2,680 deaths from the virus during the week (January 17-23), a 92% rise from last week's toll of 1,396. The previous week had seen a similar rise in mortalities even as in absolute numbers deaths remain low in the third wave so far as compared with the previous two.