The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, here on Tuesday, said India had 0.2 deaths per lakh population against 4.1 deaths per lakh population for the world. In a press statement, the Ministry said, "In terms of case mortality per lakh population, India has so far about 0.2 deaths vis-a-vis approximately 4.1 deaths for the world as a whole."

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare @MoHFW_INDIA, on Tuesday, said India had 0.2 deaths per lakh population against 4.1 deaths per lakh population for the world.Covid_19 Corona pic.twitter.com/kvUtJoX6sJ

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Attributing the data to the World Health Organisation-s situation report-119, the Ministry said the highest 79.3 case mortality per lakh population had been reported from Belgium, followed by Spain 59.2, Italy 52.8 and the United Kingdom 52.1. While the USA has 26.6 and France has 41.9 case mortality per lakh population.