NEW DELHI: Delhi recorded a Covid death rate (CFR) of 2.9% in May, the highest among big states in the country and more than double the national average during the month (1.3%). Two other states recorded deaths at more than double the national average — Punjab (2.8%) and Uttarakhand (2.7%) — in the deadliest month of the pandemic, during which 1,19,183 fatalities were officially reported across India. This was the highest monthly toll reported by any country since the Covid outbreak began.