India's COVID fatality rate lowest since Mar 22

October 26, 2020 15:08

India's COVID-19 fatality rate has dropped to 1.50 per cent, the lowest since March 22, the Union health ministry said on Monday crediting the focused efforts of the Centre, states and UTs on effective clinical management of hospitalised cases.

There are 14 states and Union Territories including Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and Kerala where the Case Fatality Ratio is lower than 1 per cent, the ministry said.

Less than 500 deaths (480) have been reported in a span of 24 hours in the country, according to the data updated at 8 am on Monday.

"India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world. The case fatality rate is lowest since March 22 and is continuously declining," the ministry said as it underlined that the case fatality rate was 3.23 per cent on May 4.

-- PTI

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