COVID reminds India of the Spanish Flu

Although the number of new Covid cases dropped in Maharashtra on Saturday, the state's fatalities zoomed past the 80,000-level, with a corresponding rise in the recovery rate, health officials said here.

Compared to 695 deaths on Friday, the state's fatalities shot up by 265 to touch 960 on Saturday, mounting Maharashtra's overall death toll to 80,512, which is the worst in the country.