India's COVID Tally Among The Worst But We Have The Best Caseload Per Million & Mortality Rate

With a total of 43,69,984?confirmed COVID-19 cases?in the country, India is currently only second after the United States when it comes to total caseload.

With yet another day of close to 90,000 new infections, the country is looking at a bleak picture.

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But there are some silver linings amid the gloom.?

The number of COVID-19 cases per million population in the country stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the world, said Union Health Ministry.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the number of COVID-19 cases per million population in Brazil and US is 6 times that of India.

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"The cases per million population stands at 3,527 for the world. It is 4,945 for Mexico, 7,063 for Russia, 19,549 for the US and 19,514 for Brazil. The number of COVID-19 cases per million population in the country stands at 3,102 and it is among the lowest in the world," he said.

Bhushan said that Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is continuously declining. "It was 2.15 per cent in the first week of August. It now stands at 1.70 per cent compared to the global average of 3.04 per cent," he said.

"In India, 53 deaths per million population have been recorded. The number of deaths per million population is 500 to 600 in countries with which we are compared. Doctors, paramedics, hospital support staff have a great contribution in this," he added.

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Tests per million population is continuously increasing, Bhushan said.

"Tests per million population was 26,016 on August 24 and it is 36,703 now. More than 5 crore tests have been conducted so far. In the last week, more than 10 lakh tests were conducted daily. On September 3 and 4 we have tested over 11 lakh samples," he said.

Since COVID-19 recoveries are increasing, the gap between active and recovered cases is also increasing, Bhushan said.

"As of Wednesday morning, the number of active cases is 8,96,937 whereas the number of recovered cases is 33,98,512. The recovery rate in India is also constantly improving and currently stands at 77.8%.