With focussed strategies and calibrated measures, India has sustained its global position of being the country with one of the lowest Covid-19 cases per million and reported deaths per million, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. From the last five weeks, there has been a continuous decline in the average daily new cases. "The weekly average of daily new cases fell from 92,830 cases in the 2nd week of September to 70,114 cases in the 2nd week of October," the ministry said. While the global figure for COVID-19 cases per million is 4,794, India is clocking 5,199 infections.  The UK (8,893), Russia (8,992), South Africa (11,675), USA (23,072) and Brazil (23,911) are reporting higher numbers of cases per million, the ministry said.The deaths/million in India are 79, while the world average is 138."As far tests for detection of COVID-19 are concerned, India is one of the topmost countries," the ministry highlighted.

With focussed strategies and calibrated measures, India has sustained its global position of being the country with one of the lowest Covid-19 cases per million and reported deaths per million, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. From the last five weeks, there has been a continuous decline in the average daily new cases. "The weekly average of daily new cases fell from 92,830 cases in the 2nd week of September to 70,114 cases in the 2nd week of October," the ministry said. While the global figure for COVID-19 cases per million is 4,794, India is clocking 5,199 infections.  The UK (8,893), Russia (8,992), South Africa (11,675), USA (23,072) and Brazil (23,911) are reporting higher numbers of cases per million, the ministry said.The deaths/million in India are 79, while the world average is 138."As far tests for detection of COVID-19 are concerned, India is one of the topmost countries," the ministry highlighted.