- What are the figures? -India said on Sunday there had been 108,334 fatalities from Covid-19 since the first death was reported in mid-March.The world's second-most populous nation has the lowest number of deaths per 100 confirmed cases -- the observed case-fatality ratio -- among the top 20 worst-affected nations at 1.5 percent, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally.In comparison, the United States, the most infected country, has a death rate of 2.8 percent.
India's number of deaths per 100,000 population is 7.73, compared with 64.74 in the United States.- Younger population -Older people suffering from conditions such as diabetes and heart disease have become a particular target of the pandemic but India has a young population.