Amongst big nations, India’s Covid cases per million lowest, claims Health Secretary

India recorded 211 Covid-19 cases per million population over the last seven days, which is lowest among big nations, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here, he said that average daily positivity rate last week was 3.72 per cent.

“Among all the big nations in the world, cases per million in India are at 211, which is the lowest. Last seven days trend shows that European nations are witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases,” he said.

Bhushan said death percentage is also higher in other big nations compared to India.
“India has recorded two deaths per million while it is nine deaths per million worldwide in the last seven days. There are many nations that recorded over 50 deaths per million,” Bhushan said.