Why India has relatively lesser number of COVID-19 cases?

COVID-19 All Over the World:

The COVID – 19 fear is still not over among people all over the world. Day by day, the death counts and the number of affected people are increasing in a rapid rate. Especially, some top countries such as USA, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, etc. are facing serious problems as more new affected cases are arising daily.  
  • Total cases all over the world – 1015877
  • Total death all over the world – 53218
  • Recovered people all over the world – 212993
CountryTotal casesTotal deathsTotal people recovered
USA245193608810403
Italy1152421391518278
Spain1120651034826743
Germany84794110722440
China81620332276571
France59105538712428
Iran50468316016711
UK337182921135
Switzerland188275364013
Turkey18135356415
Belgium 1534810112495
Netherlands146971339250

COVID-19 in India:

In India also, the disease is started to spread. As of now, the government has announced the 21 days national lockdown to control the disease.
  • Total cases in India – 2567
  • Total death cases in India – 72
  • Total people recovered in India – 192
As per the reports, India has lesser number of COVID -19 cases, compared to more countries. We will see the statistics in detail here.

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Number of Cases Per million people:

As per the researchers, the following data have arrived.
  • No. of corona cases in India per million people – 1
  • No. of deaths in India per million people – 0.03
  • Average global corona cases per million people – 113.2
  • Average global death per million people – 5.7
By seeing this data, as of now we can know that the affected case and death in India is much lower when compared to that of the global average. Even our neighboring countries Bangladesh and Nepal are also having similar numbers. Also, the African countries also low affected by COVID-19.

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Reasons for Low Cases in India:

This is just the current situation. If our spread rate becomes steady, we may also enter the top affected nations list. Some reasons have been quoted for the low corona cases in India. They are,
  • No enough testing
  • Lack of self-assessment tests
  • National Lockdown
  • BCG vaccination
These are some main reasons for less corona cases in our country. The number of COVID-19 tests that recorded in India is just around 48000. This is very low, considering our high population. We have only 126 ICMR labs to test the corona cases. 
Also narrow testing is also the other secondary reason. Narrow testing is that, we test only the suspicious cases. And the travel history of positive cases alone traced. So this is also a drawback.
Also, people in India are not following self-assessment methods to prevent them from COVID-19. Still many people treating COVID-19 as the normal fever, cold, and cough.
Another reason for low cases is this national lockdown measure. It is heavily believed that the viral spread rate is controlled due to lock down all over the country.

BCG Vaccination:

The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine is used in our country for the prevention of tuberculosis. This is also quoted as a reason for low corona cases in our country. Because this vaccine is not used by many other countries in the world. Scientists of the USA, Europe, and Australia are researching this vaccine usage against COVID-19.
Apart from these main reasons, the heat and humidity of our country may be an added reason. As per the reports, most viruses cannot survive in temperature over 45 degrees. But some researchers are denying this report.
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India should Act Fast:

As of now, this 21 days lockdown is very important to move. But we have to test more cases and control the disease as soon as possible. For that, all the medical arrangements should be made immediately. Or else, our situation may also turn upside down.