Lok Sabha Question No. 1011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: COVID-19 Deaths of Indians Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1011 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## COVID-19 DEATHS OF INDIANS ABROAD

1011. ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to collect the number and details of Indian citizens who have succumbed to COVID-19 while staying abroad, if so, the details thereof, country-wise;
- (b) if   not,   whether the Government is considering to collect the said details   through   Indian   embassies   or   high   commissions   in   each foreign country;
- (c) whether the Government intends to provide compensation to the family of Indian citizens who succumbed to COVID-19 while staying abroad as in the case of those who died in India as ordered by the Supreme Court recently; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) As per the details available with Indian Missions/Posts, the total number of Indian citizens who succumbed to COVID-19 is 4048. The largest number of casualties were reported from Saudi Arabia (1154), United Arab Emirates (894), Kuwait (668), Oman (551), Bahrain (200) and Qatar (109).  Country-wise details are attached at Annexure-I.

(c) & (d) Government issued guidelines through the National Disaster Management   Authority,   in   pursuance   of   Supreme   Court   judgment regarding ex-gratia payment to Indians who succumbed to COVID-19.

|   Sl. No. | Country               | No. of Indians succumbed to Covid-19 while staying abroad   |
|-----------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Afghanistan           | 5                                                           |
|         2 | Burkina Faso          | 1                                                           |
|         3 | Cameroon              | 4                                                           |
|         4 | Djibouti              | 0                                                           |
|         5 | Guinea                | 1                                                           |
|         6 | Equatorial Guinea     | 0                                                           |
|         7 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0                                                           |
|         8 | Togo                  | 0                                                           |
|         9 | Eswatini              | 5                                                           |
|        10 | Eritrea               | 1                                                           |
|        11 | Angola                | 2                                                           |
|        12 | United Arab Emirates  | 894                                                         |
|        13 | Argentina             | 0                                                           |
|        14 | Armenia               | 2                                                           |
|        15 | Australia             | 0                                                           |
|        16 | Austria               | 1                                                           |
|        17 | Azerbaijan            | 1                                                           |
|        18 | Belgium               | 1                                                           |
|        19 | Bangladesh            | 6                                                           |
|        20 | Bulgaria              | 0                                                           |
|        21 | Bahrain               | 200                                                         |
|        22 | Belarus               | 1                                                           |
|        23 | Brazil                | 1                                                           |
|        24 | Brunei                | 2                                                           |
|        25 | Bhutan                | 1                                                           |
|        26 | Botswana              | 23                                                          |
|        27 | Canada                | 2                                                           |
|        28 | Switzerland           | 0                                                           |
|        29 | Chile                 | 1                                                           |
|        30 | China                 | 0                                                           |
|        31 | Côte d'Ivoire         | 4                                                           |
|        32 | Congo                 | 4                                                           |
|        33 | Colombia              | 0                                                           |
|        34 | Cuba                  | 0                                                           |
|        35 | Cyprus                | 0                                                           |
|        36 | Czech Republic        | 0                                                           |
|        37 | Germany               | 2                                                           |
|        38 | Denmark               | 0                                                           |
|        39 | Algeria               | 2                                                           |
|        40 | Egypt                 | 9 8                                                         |
|        41 | Spain                 |                                                             |

|   42. | Ethiopia            |   3 |
|-------|---------------------|-----|
|    43 | Finland             |   0 |
|    44 | Fiji                |   0 |
|    45 | France              |   8 |
|    46 | Réunion             |   0 |
|    47 | England             |   0 |
|    48 | Ghana               |   5 |
|    49 | Greece              |   2 |
|    50 | Guatemala           |   1 |
|    51 | Guyana              |   0 |
|    52 | Croatia             |   0 |
|    53 | Hungary             |   0 |
|    54 | Indonesia           |   9 |
|    55 | Republic of Ireland |   0 |
|    56 | Iran                |   8 |
|    57 | Iraq                |  16 |
|    58 | Iceland             |   0 |
|    59 | Israel              |   0 |
|    60 | Italy               |  23 |
|    61 | Jamaica             |   1 |
|    62 | Jordan              |   7 |
|    63 | Japan               |   1 |
|    64 | Kazakhstan          |   2 |
|    65 | Kenya               |  22 |
|    66 | Kyrgyzstan          |   1 |
|    67 | Cambodia            |   0 |
|    68 | South Korea         |   0 |
|    69 | Kuwait              | 668 |
|    70 | Laos                |   0 |
|    71 | Lebanon             |   4 |
|    72 | Libya               |   0 |
|    73 | Sri Lanka           |   2 |
|    74 | Morocco             |   0 |
|    75 | Madagascar          |   0 |
|    76 | Maldives            |   6 |
|    77 | Mexico              |   1 |
|    78 | Mali                |   2 |
|    79 | Myanmar             |   6 |
|    80 | Mongolia            |   0 |
|    81 | Mozambique          |   1 |
|    82 | Mauritius           |   0 |
|    83 | Malawi              |   9 |
|    84 | Malaysia            |  21 |
|    85 | Namibia             |   2 |
|    86 | Niger               |   0 |
|    87 | Nigeria             |  34 |
|    88 | Netherlands         |   1 |

|   89. | Norway              |    0 |
|-------|---------------------|------|
|    90 | Nepal               |   43 |
|    91 | New Zealand         |    0 |
|    92 | Oman                |  551 |
|    93 | Pakistan            |    1 |
|    94 | Panama              |    0 |
|    95 | Peru                |    0 |
|    96 | Philippines         |    5 |
|    97 | Papua New Guinea    |    1 |
|    98 | Poland              |    2 |
|    99 | North Korea         |    0 |
|   100 | Portugal            |    2 |
|   101 | Palestine           |    0 |
|   102 | Qatar               |  109 |
|   103 | Romania             |    1 |
|   104 | Russia              |   15 |
|   105 | Saudi Arabia        | 1154 |
|   106 | Serbia              |    0 |
|   107 | Sudan               |   26 |
|   108 | South Sudan         |    3 |
|   109 | Senegal             |    2 |
|   110 | Rwanda              |    2 |
|   111 | Singapore           |    2 |
|   112 | Sierra Leone        |    0 |
|   113 | Suriname            |    0 |
|   114 | Slovakia            |    0 |
|   115 | Slovenia            |    0 |
|   116 | Sweden              |    1 |
|   117 | Seychelles          |    0 |
|   118 | Syria               |    0 |
|   119 | Thailand            |   18 |
|   120 | Tajikistan          |    0 |
|   121 | Turkmenistan        |    0 |
|   122 | Tunisia             |    4 |
|   123 | Trinidad and Tobago |    1 |
|   124 | North Africa        |    0 |
|   125 | Turkey              |    5 |
|   126 | Tanzania            |    0 |
|   127 | Uganda              |   25 |
|   128 | Ukraine             |    6 |
|   129 | USA                 |    5 |
|   130 | Uzbekistan          |    0 |
|   131 | Venezuela           |    0 |
|   132 | Vietnam             |    1 |
|   133 | Yemen               |    1 |
|   134 | South Africa        |    1 |
|   135 | Zambia              |    6 |

| 136.   | Zimbabwe   |    1 |
|--------|------------|------|
| 137.   | Malta      |    0 |
| 138.   | Swaziland  |    6 |
|        | Total      | 4048 |

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