India 's Successful Fight Against COVID-19- M.A.Aleem BMJ 2021;372:n393

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Covid 19: Two million deaths, so what went wrong?

BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n393 (Published 11 February 2021)

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Re: Covid 19: Two million deaths, so what went wrong?

Dear Editor

India 's Successful Fight Against COVID-19

As of 11.02.2021 India has a total number of 10,880,413 cases and a total number of COVID-19 related deaths of 1,55,484 with the very low death rate of 1.42%.

India’s fight against Covid-19 is bringing daily successes on other fronts as well. Seventeen States/Union territories have not reported any deaths in the last 24 hours on 11.2.21. These are Telangana, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Ladakh (UT), Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, A&N Islands, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and D&D & D&N (UT). The death rate in the state of Tamilnadu was 1.46% and in my own district of Trichy 1.42% as of 12.2.21.

Cases and death rate in India Tamilnadu and in Trichy are declining, and India's single day spike of COVID-19 of over 9k (9,353) with deaths of 85 and the total crossed the 10.8 million mark (10,880,413) on 11.2.21 during this Pandemic. The recovered cases were second to the U.S, over 10.5 million (10,587 351) on 11.2.21

In India as far as COVID-19 vaccination is concerned as of 11th February, 2021, more than 70 lakh (70,17,114) beneficiaries have received the COVID-19 vaccination under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program.

India becomes fastest in the world to reach 70 lakh vaccinations against COVID19 in only 26 days.

India’s active cases per million population (104) is amongst the lowest in the world.

Indian National Recovery Rate (97.26%) continues to be one of the highest globally.

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12 February 2021

M.A. Aleem

Emeritus Professor of Neurology * Visiting Specialist in Neurology ** Consultant Neurologist ***

The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University * Dhanalakshami Srinivasan Medical College ** ABC Hospital ***

Chennai 600032* Perambalure 621212** Trichy 620018*** Tamilnadu India

@drmaaleem