Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday said that coronavirus mortality rate in India was one of the lowest among the world.
The total number of coronavirus cases in India increased to 70,756 today. At least 2,293 people, around 3.2% of the total COVID-19 cases succumbed to death due to COVID-19 infection.
Coronavirus infected more than 4.1 million worldwide. Over 285,000 COVID-19 patients died across the globe. The global mortality rate of coronavirus disease is around 7%, which is way higher than India, Vardhan said.
On the brighter side, India continued to improve recovery rate, Vardhan added. At least 22,455 people were discharged from the hospitals across the country after recovering from COVID-19 disease.