<span style="color: #333333;">India has one of the lowest COVID cases per lakh population in the world in spite of its high population density. Citing a WHO report, the Health Ministry said, the country's cases per lakh population are 30.04 while the global average is more than triple at 114.67.<br />''<br />''The US has 671.24 cases per lakh population while the metric for Germany is 583.88, Spain is 526.22 and Brazil is 489.42. This was revealed in the WHO Situation Report-153 dated 21st of June. Health Ministry said, this low figure is a testimony to the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach the Central Government along with the States and Union Territories took for the prevention, containment and management of COVID-19.<br />''<br />''Talking to AIR News exclusively, Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Randeep Guleria said, India is in far better position in comparison to other countries in this regard.</span>
News On AIR | June 22, 2020 9:45 PM
India has one of the lowest COVID-19 cases per lakh population in world: Health Ministry