420 Doctors, Including 100 In Delhi, Died In 2nd Covid Wave: Medical Body

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned visibly emotional as he spoke about those who had lost their lives to the virus.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has said 420 doctors, including 100 in Delhi, have succumbed to the coronavirus infection in the crippling second wave of the pandemic that has overwhelmed the hospitals and has kept the crematoriums blazing. Earlier this week, the top medical body reported 270 doctors have died due to coronavirus. Among them was former IMA president Dr KK Aggarwal, who died due to the deadly virus on Monday. He was 65. Dr Aggarwal, who had taken both vaccine doses, died at 11.30 pm on Monday "after a lengthy battle with Covid", said an official statement on his Twitter account. According to the IMA's COVID-19 registry, 748 doctors died due to the disease in the first wave of the pandemic.