India has so far about 0.2 COVID-19 deaths per lakh population as against the global figure of 4.1, the Union Health Ministry said as the number of fatalities due to coronavirus infection in the country rose to 3,163 on May 19 and the total cases reached 1,01,139.
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Also, a record number of 1,08,233 samples were tested for COVID-19 on May 18 in the country. So far a total of 24,25,742 samples have been tested, the Ministry said.
Referring to data from WHO situation report-119, the Ministry said 3,11,847 COVID-19 mortalities have been reported till May 19 worldwide which is about 4.1 deaths per lakh population.
Among the countries with high COVID-19 casualties, the U.S. with 87,180 fatalities has 26.6 deaths per lakh population. The U.K. has reported 34,636 deaths and has approximately 52.1 deaths per lakh population, it said.
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Italy with 31,908 instances of coronavirus fatalities so far has around 52.8 deaths per lakh population. France has so far reported 28,059 casualties which is about 41.9 deaths per lakh population while Spain