Context: Prompt action, demography and hardened immunity may explain our surprise performance
India's Success in Taming Covid
Lower cumulative Covid deaths: than the United States despite a huge population of 1.4 billion (If the US and United Kingdom similar population size, it would have suffered 12 and 15 times)
Higher Case fatality rate decline: from a peak of 3.4% on 16 June (the world rate was 5.4%) to 1.4% on 1 February (the world rate was 2.2%).
Factors responsible for India's Success in Taming Covid
Swift government action: in terms of conducting large scale testing, spreading awareness through ring tunes based cautionary messages and huge production of Personal Protective Equipment.
Complementary Contribution of health workers and citizens in wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.
Age profile: more than half of the population is below 25(more resilient to the virus) and only 4.8% above 65(people who are most at risk).
Hardened immunity: According to a study, there is a positive correlation between improved hygiene and higher incidence of autoimmune disorders with covid-19 mortality.
Countries with prior exposure to a diverse range of microbes and bacteria are nearing herd immunity.
Individuals living in crowded, filthy areas (like Delhi, Mumbai slums) have prior exposure to covid antibodies.