Coronavirus case fatality rate in India declines to 1.89%: What does it mean

NEW DELHI: The coronavirus case fatality rate (CFR) in India further declined to 1.89% on Wednesday, indicating that the severity of the outbreak may be decreasing.

CFR

in India has remained low since the outbreak of pandemic. While various reasons have been given for the low value of CFR, scientists argue that CFR should not be taken on face value. CFR, though important, fails to give an exact measure of the severity of the pandemic.