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Table 1 Population density and COVID-19 resources among five districts of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. We selected five states with the highest population density. aNot available for each district

From: An epidemiological, strategic and response analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Asia: a population-based observational study

Country

Population density per sq. Km.

Number of COVID-19 testing facilities

COVID-19 cases per 1 million people

Number of hospital beds

India

Bihar

1,102

65

5,682

30,857

West Bengal

1,029

128

10,878

113,535

Kerala

859

159

56,965

99,227

Uttar Pradesh

828

241

7,525

281,402

Haryana

573

60

25,248

36,141

Pakistan

Islamabad

889

22

98,200

2,571

Punjab

358

54

4,376

60,387

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

238

19

7,084

24,329

Sindh

216

38

9,679

38,623

Baluchistan

19

6

3,584

7,797

Bangladesh

Dhaka

1,751

454a

15,053

131,248a

Mymensingh

1,074

852

Rajshahi

1,007

1,754

Rangpur

960

1,153

Chattogram

831

3,339