The Indian Medical Association, an organization representing medical education and doctors in India has said that 730 doctors have died in the second wave of the corona epidemic.
IMA says that a maximum number of doctors have died in Bihar. In Bihar, 115 doctors passed away during the second wave of the pandemic. In Delhi also 109 doctors have died in the meantime.
Statistics show that during the second wave of the corona epidemic, 79 doctors have died in Uttar Pradesh, 62 in West Bengal, 43 in Rajasthan, 39 in Jharkhand, and 38 in Andhra Pradesh.
Today, India reported 62,224 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, while the daily positivity rate further dropped to 3.22 percent, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoFHW).
The daily positivity rate has been below 5 percent for nine consecutive days.
The active cases have further declined to 8,65,432. They have gone down to less than 9 lakh for the first time in 70 days. ( PTI )