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K’taka among lowest Covid mortality rates in India

The Siasat | 05/08/2020 08:00 AM | Click to read full article

Karnataka’s COVID mortality rate per million population is the lowest among major metros in the country, said a Minister on Tuesday. With 39 fatalities per million population, Sudhakar said the state’s mortality rate is one-fifth of Delhi and one-third of Maharashtra.

On Tuesday, Karnataka registered more number of COVID patient discharges than infections for the third straight day and also the highest single-day rise of cases, 6,259, raising the state’s tally to 1.45 lakh.

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