COVID-19 death rate in every million population in Nepal found more than double than that of India
KATHMANDU, May 30: Nepal’s COVID-19 test positivity rate has been found to be more than three times higher than that of India.
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According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP), Nepal has a COVID-19 test positivity rate of 37.7 percent which is 10.4 percent in India. It means that more than 37 people test positive for COVID-19 in every 100 tests in Nepal and the number is more than 10 in India.
Likewise, the number of people dying of COVID-19 in every 1 million population is also double in Nepal than that of India.
Nepal’s COVID-19 death rate in every 1 million population stands at 5 percent while the rate is 2.8 percent in India.
However, both COVID-19 test positivity rate and death rate in both countries are gradually declining.
