Coronavirus may have been spreading like wildfire in India which has occupied the third slot among the worst-hit nations in the world, but the Government on Tuesday claimed that the country has one of the lowest Covid-19 deaths and cases per million population.
Referring to the ‘WHO Situation Report-168’ dated July 6, the Union Health Ministry said India’s COVID-19 cases per million population is 505.37 as against the global average of 1,453.25. The recovery rate has also increased to 61.13 per cent, it said.
As per the WHO report, 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.
Similarly, even small countries like Chile has witnessed 15,459.8 COVID-19 cases per million population, while Peru has 9,070.8 cases per million people, it said.
“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 in a statement here.
“Early detection and timely effective clinical management of COVID-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries,” said the
Ministry adding that India has ramped up its hospital infrastructure adequately and effectively.
Regarding Covid—19 related deaths per million, the WHO report said that the United Kingdom has 651.4, while the metric for Spain, Italy, France, the U.S., Peru, Brazil and Mexico is 607.1, 576.6, 456.7, 391.0, 315.8, 302.3 and 235.5 deaths, respectively.
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.
“As on date, the number of recovered cases exceeded that of the active cases by 1,80,390 on Tuesday. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients has increased to 61.13%,” it said.