155 healthcare workers die across India due to COVID-19: govt

At least 155 fatalities among healthcare workers due to COVID-19 were recorded across India, the government said on Tuesday, including 64 doctors, 32 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM)/Multipurpose Health Worker (MHW), 14 Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers and 45 others.

The details were given by India's junior minister for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to parliament.

According to Choubey, these victims were granted relief under the prime minister's welfare insurance package.