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Why is the fatality rate in India less than in other countries?

Why is the fatality rate in India less than in other countries?

The spread of coronavirus is gradually increasing around the globe, but India has prevented more disaster caused by this global pandemic disease by taking early measures such as announcing lockdowns and providing various test kits and masks to the healthcare workers who are working through this whole situation and risking their lives. Also, the population

Gandhi Medicos April 28, 2020 2 minutes

The spread of coronavirus is gradually increasing around the globe, but India has prevented more disaster caused by this global pandemic disease by taking early measures such as announcing lockdowns and providing various test kits and masks to the healthcare workers who are working through this whole situation and risking their lives. Also, the population of India has contributed by following the rules and guidelines of the lockdown laid by the government. Although India has a relatively more younger population than other countries, it can also be a reason for the low mortality rate since this disease mostly hits the elderly population.

According to Union Health Ministry, confined data was shared which stated that 63% of deaths have been reported among people who were above 60 years and 30% of people who were between 40-60 years old and 7% for people below 40 years.

There are almost 21,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus in India, out of which 4325 cases have been recovered and 686 deaths have taken place. If we look at further cases around the world, there are almost 2,649,680 confirmed cases of coronavirus, out of which India is still a lower number due to early precautions for safety. Although the government is taking all essential steps to fight this pandemic of COVID-19, the most important factor for fighting this is to empower citizens with the right information.

At present, there are 18 countries, including India who has more than 20000 infections from this pandemic. India is comparatively lower among all these countries. The Prime Minister has also announced a lockdown all over India until May 3, 2020 to avoid the disease from increasing further. Indian scientists are also working very hard to find a vaccine for this disease so that this pandemic can come to an end as soon as possible.

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