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Rising FatalitiesAs the second wave rages across the country, deaths due to covid-19 have continued to hit new highs.

Even without taking into account deaths that go unreported, the tally saw a jump of 26% since the past week. Jharkhand remained the state with the highest surge in covid-19 deaths for the second consecutive week.

At 1,100 deaths this week, it has reported almost 4.3 times of what it did a fortnight ago. Ranchi, its capital, constituted a third of the deaths reported this week, amid a doubling of death numbers.

Worryingly, deaths reported in Lohardaga and Garhwa districts witnessed a 4-fold and 3-fold jump, respectively, last week.Uttarakhand and Bihar’s weekly death tally also saw sharp jumps.

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