India's COVID deaths crossed 50,000 mark on August 17.
On August 17, the national capital reported 18 deaths with 787 new COVID infections.
Southern state, Tamil Nadu recorded 120 deaths with 5,890 infections taking total number of cases to over 3 lakh.
115 deaths and over 6000 COVID cases were witnessed in Karnataka.
Meanwhile, positive cases in Maharashtra rose to over 6 lakh with 8,493 new cases and 228 deaths.
