India has one of world's lowest Covid-19 infection, death rate: Vardhan at SCO health ministers' meet

At 864 cases and less than 21 deaths per million population, India has one of the world's lowest Covid-19 infection and death rate, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said underlining that the recovery rate among coronavirus-infected patients in the country is 63.45 per cent and the mortality is 2.3 per cent.