India’s fatality rate among lowest in world
   Date :08-Jul-2020

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NEW DELHI :
 
India’s COVID-19 ratio of cases per million population is 505.37 as against the global average of 1,453.25 
 
INDIA’S total number of coronavirus cases and fatalities per million population is one of the lowest in the world, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday even as the country’s infection tally went past the 7 lakh-mark and the death toll rose to 20,160. Referring to the ‘WHO Situation Report-168’ dated July 6, the Ministry said India’s COVID-19 cases per million population is 505.37 as against the global average of 1,453.25. Chile has witnessed 15,459.8 COVID-19 cases per million population, while Peru has 9,070.8 cases per million people.
 
The US, Brazil, Spain, Russia, the UK, Italy and Mexico have 8,560.5, 7,419.1, 5,358.7, 4,713.5, 4,204.4, 3,996.1 and 1,955.8 cases per million, respectively, according to the WHO report. “The WHO Situation Report also shows that India has one of the lowest deaths (due to COVID-19) per million population. India’s cases of death per million population is 14.27 while the global average is more than its four times, at 68.29,” the Ministry said. The United Kingdom has 651.4 COVID-19 related deaths per million population, while the metric for Spain, Italy, France, the USA, Peru, Brazil and Mexico is 607.1, 576.6, 456.7, 391.0, 315.8, 302.3 and 235.5 deaths, respectively, the WHO report said. India has ramped up its hospital infrastructure to adequately and effectively manage coronavirus cases, the Ministry said. The preparedness includes arrangement of oxygen support, ICU and ventilator facilities.
 
As on July 7, there are 1,201 dedicated COVID hospitals, 2,611 COVID healthcare centres and 9,909 COVID care centres to look after patients with ‘very severe’ to ‘very mild’ coronavirus symptoms, it said. “Such level of preparedness has shown results in continuously improving the recovery rate and resulting in low case fatality rate,” the Ministry said. “Early detection and timely effective clinical management of COVID-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries,” it said.
 
COVID-19 tally crosses 7 lakh mark
 
NEW DELHI,
 
July 7 (PTI)
 
INDIA’S COVID-19 tally raced past the seven-lakh mark on Tuesday after a single-day spike of 22,252 infections, five days after crossing the six-lakh post, while the death toll breached the 20,000 mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data. It took 110 days for coronavirus infections in the country to reach the one-lakh, while just 49 days more to go past the seven-lakh mark.
 
This is the fifth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 20,000. The country’s infection caseload increased to 7,19,665 on Tuesday, while the death toll climbed to 20,160 with 467 persons succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. The number of recoveries stands at 4,39,947, while there are 2,59,557 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country. “Thus, around 61.13 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases included foreigners.
 
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,02,11,092 samples have been tested up to July 6 with 2,41,430 samples being tested on Monday. Of the total 20,160 deaths reported so far, Maharashtra accounted for the highest 9,026 fatalities followed by Delhi with 3,115 deaths, Gujarat with 1,960, Tamil Nadu with 1,571, Uttar Pradesh with 809, West Bengal with 779, Madhya Pradesh with 617, Rajasthan with 461 and Karnataka with 401.