As of Tuesday, 3163 die of coronavirus in India, total number of infections in the country stands at 1,01,139

Published On: May 19, 2020 06:54 PM NPT By: Republica | @RepublicaNepal

KATHMADU, May 19: As of Tuesday, 3163 people have died of COVID-19 in India, the Union Health Ministry of the country has said.

According to Indian Health Ministry, the total coronavirus infection in the country stands at 1,01,139. The Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported that India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1.

The Indian authorities have conducted a record number of 1,08,233 samples for COVID-19 test on Monday in the country. The Indian government said that a total of 24, 25,742 samples have been tested so far.

Referring to data from WHO situation report-119, the Indian Health Ministry said that 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.

Italy with 31,908 instances of coronavirus fatalities so far has around 52.8 deaths per lakh population. France has so far reported 28,059 casualties which is about 41.9 deaths per lakh population while Spain with 27, 650 fatalities has about 59.2 deaths per lakh.

Germany, Iran, Canada, Netherlands and Mexico with 7,935 deaths, 6,988 deaths, 5,702 deaths, 5,680 deaths and 5,045 fatalities have a mortality of around 9.6, 8.5, 15.4, 33.0 and 4.0 per lakh population respectively.

China, which so far has recorded 4,645 casualties due to COVID-19 so far has approximately 0.3 deaths per lakh population.

"The relatively low death figures represent timely case identification and clinical management of the cases," the ministry said.

On testing, it said from one laboratory conducting COVID-19 test in January, India has very rapidly increased its capacity by adding over 385 government laboratories and 158 private laboratories, the PTI reported.