Covid-19 fatality rate drops to 2.43% from 3.36% on Jun 17: Health Ministry

In India, the Covid-19 deaths per million population stand at 20.4 per million which is amongst lowest in the world

India's Covid-19 fatality rate has dropped significantly to 2.43 per cent from 3.36 per cent on June 17 due to effective clinical management of coronavirus cases, the Centre said on Tuesday, asserting the country has handled the pandemic "relatively well".

Thirty states and Union Territories have Covid-19 positivity rate lower than that of the national average which stands at 8.07 per cent, Rajesh Bhushan, officer on special duty in the Union health ministry, told a press conference here.

"19 states and UTs are performing more than 140 tests per day per million population. Just doing tests is not enough, they