India has one of the world's lowest Covid-19 mortality rates. But the numbers don't tell the whole story.
The country of 1.3 billion people has the second-highest number of cases globally , and the third highest number of deaths , according to Johns Hopkins University -- and the outbreak shows no sign of abating.But India's reported mortality rate -- calculated by the number of deaths per 100 confirmed cases -- is surprisingly low compared to other countries with high infection rates. .
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