AIIMS Director Dr. Randeep Guleria says India has 'less number of deaths due to COVID-19'

All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr. Randeep Guleria has stated that India has a 'very low' number of cases per million in comparison to or countries. Dr. Guleria also stated that country's huge population puts it on a backfoot in efforts to contain COVID-19 infection. 

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'Low cases per million'

Speaking to ANI, Dr. Guleria said, "Although India has gone up to fourth rank as far as COVID-19 cases are concerned, we have to accept that because of population we have. Our population is more than in many countries in Europe. refore, if we look at number of cases per million population, we are still very low in terms of number of cases."

"We have less number of deaths due to COVID-19. We will have cases owning to a large number of population, but if we are able to save lives and number of death is less, we will be more successful in this fight against COVID-19," he said.

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Currently, re are 2,97,535 confirmed vel coronavirus cases in India out of which 1,47,195 patients have recovered while 8,498 casualties have been reported. With 6,166 people recovering from COVID-19 in last 24 hours, country's recovery rate surged to 49.47%. 1,41,842 individuals are under active medical supervision.

case doubling rate has improved from 3.4% at beginning of lockdown to 17.4 days at present. 1,50,305 out of total 53,63,445 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in last 24 hours. ICMR has ramped up testing capacity and 877 labs- 637 government labs and 240 private labs are operational across India w. 

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Meanwhile, PM Modi is likely to hold a conference with all state Chief Ministers amid 'Unlock 1'. meeting will be held in two parts on June 16 and 17.

PM Modi has held five conferences with all CMs amid Coronavirus pandemic. Previous meetings h all been to discuss nation's strategy to battle COVID-19 and h resulted in nation-wide lockdowns - last one with considerable relaxations. While all CMs h attended first one, Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has sent a representative for past two meetings. Most CMs h aired ir greivances and have supported Centre's move to extend lockdown. 

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