COVID-19: India records more than 82,000 recoveries for two days in a row, tally cross 40L

More than 82,000 Coronavirus patients recovered from disease for second straight day, Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. India has thus far reported 51,18,253 cases of COVID-19, of which 40,25,079 people have recovered. This puts recovery rate at 78.64%.

Ministry ted that recovered cases have w exceeded active cases — those under medical supervision — by more than 30 lakhs (30,15,103) and are four times latter. 

"se high levels of recovery have resulted in a 100% increase in number of recovered cases in past 30 days," Ministry said. In a chart shared by Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan, number of recovered cases stood at 20,37,870 on August 19, a figure that has w soared to 40,25,079 as of September 17.

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Ministry said Maharashtra (17,559) contributed more than one-fifth of new recoveries (21.22%) while States of Andhra Presh (10,845), Karnataka (6,580), Uttar Presh (6,476), and Tamil Nu (5,768) contributed 35.87% of new recoveries. se States toger account for 57.1% of total new recoveries.

In a worrying milestone,  total number of active cases in country has crossed 10 lakhs (10,09,976) as of Thursday.

Close to half (48.45%) of active cases are concentrated in three States — Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Andhra Presh. Toger with States of Uttar Presh and Tamil Nu, se five states contribute nearly 60% of total active cases.

Moreover, 1,132 case fatalities have been reported in past 24 hours. With 474 new cases of mortality, Maharashtra accounted for more than 40% of new deaths. following four States of Uttar Presh (86), Punjab (78), Andhra Presh (64), West Bengal (61) contributed 25.5% of fatalities in last 24 hours.

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