Number of deaths from Covid-19 in India passes 100,000

Covid-19 testing in Hyderabad, India (Mahesh Kumar A/AP)

India has seen more than 100,000 deaths due to Covid-19, putting the country’s toll at nearly 10% of the global fatalities.

The Indian Health Ministry reported another 1,069 fatalities in the past 24 hours in the early hours of Saturday, driving the death toll to 100,842.