In terms of case mortality per lakh population, India has so far about 0.2 Covid-19 deaths per lakh population as compared to approximately 4.1 deaths per lakh population for rest of thew world as a whole, said Union health ministry on Tuesday.Referring to data from WHO situation report-119, the ministry said 3,11,847 Covid-19 mortalities have been reported till Tuesday worldwide which is about 4.1 deaths per lakh population.
Among the countries with high Covid-19 casualties, the US with 87,180 fatalities has 26.6 deaths per lakh population. The UK has reported 34,636 deaths and has approximately 52.1 deaths per lakh population, it said.
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