COVID-19: India's total recoveries close to 50 lakhs

A total of 92,043 people have recuperated from COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, taking India's total recoveries close to 50 lakhs and exceeding active cases of coronavirus infection by 39,85,225, Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

single-day recoveries on an aver for last few days have been more than 90,000, ministry said underlining, "This high rate of daily recoveries has sustained India's leading global position as country with maximum number of recovered cases."

A total of 92,043 recoveries have been registered in a span of 24 hours in country, while 88,600 new infections were recorded during same period, according to data updated at 8 am.

"Maintaining its urd trend, national recovery rate presently has risen to 82.46 per cent," ministry highlighted.

As many as 21 states and UTs have reported higher numbers of new recoveries than new cases, ministry said.

A total 76 per cent of new recovered cases are found in 10 states and UTs --Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Delhi Chhattisgarh, Kerala and West Bengal.

Maharashtra continues to top this list. It has alone contributed more than 23,000 followed by Andhra Pradesh with more than more than 9,000 cases, ministry said.

As India records more recoveries than new cases, gap between recovered cases and active cases is nearly 40 lakh (39,85,225).

" number of active patients has been below 10 lakh for several successive days. active caseload is merely 15.96 per cent of total caseload," ministry said.

Close, proactive, calibrated and effective coordination between Centre and states and UT governments has made this sustained high level of single day recoveries possible.

As many as 21 states and UTs have reported higher numbers of new recoveries than new cases, ministry said.

se results have been ensured through sustained, multi-pronged strategies and effective actions, coupled with regular review by Union Government. Early identification through high countrywide testing, prompt surveillance and tracking supplemented with standardised clinical care have aided se encouraging outcomes, it pointed out.

ministry furr said that 10 states and UTs --Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh -- account for 77 per cent of 88,600 new cases reported in a day.

Maharashtra continues to lead this tally. It has contributed more than 20,000 followed by Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh with more than 8,000 and 7,000 cases respectively.

Furr, virus has claimed 1,124 lives in a span of 24 hours with 10 states and UTs accounting for 84 per cent of deaths.se ten states and UTs are Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Chhattisgarh, ministry mentioned.

Of new deaths, Maharashtra reported more than 38 per cent of deaths with 430 deaths followed by Karnataka and Tamil Nadu with 86 and 85 deaths, respectively.

India's COVID-19 caseload mounted to 59,92,532 with 88,600 fresh infections being reported in a day, while death toll climbed to 94,503 with 1,124 people succumbing to disease in a span of 24 hours, data updated at 8 am showed.

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