New Delhi (NVI): India’s coronavirus disease recoveries have crossed the three-million mark, pushing the recovery rate to 77.15 per cent in the country, the Union Health Ministry said.
A continuous uptick in average daily recoveries has led to improvement in India’s recovery rate and a low case fatality rate (CFR) at 1.74 per cent.
At present, the number of active Covid-19 cases are less than 21.11 per cent of the total number of the viral infections reported since January 30.
The total number of recoveries currently stands at 30,37,151 in the country.
With the recovery of 66,659 in the last 24 hours, India has continued its trajectory of posting more than 60,000 recoveries for the 8th consecutive day.
The higher number of recoveries has also led to a steady enhancement in the difference between the recovered and active ones. This difference has crossed 22 lakh, as on date.
India has posted 22 more recoveries than the active cases currently at 8,31,124.
With higher number of patients getting cured, India’s total Recoveries surpass 30 lakh.
Less than 0.5 % patients on Ventilators, 2% in ICUs & less than 3.5% on Oxygen Support.https://t.co/slLc52m2mx pic.twitter.com/KwTyzuNr5J
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 4, 2020
Not only is India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) lower than the global average and progressively declining (current figure is 1.74 per cent), but a very small proportion of the active cases, amounting to less than 0.5 per cent, are on ventilator support. Data also shows that 2 per cent cases are in ICUs and less than 3.5 per cent of the active cases occupy oxygen supported beds.
In an official statement, the ministry said that this has been made possible because of effective implementation of the policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively and TREATING efficiently.
“Focus on standard of care protocol including use of non-invasive oxygen, better skilled doctors in the ICUs and hospitals, and improved ambulance services have culminated in yielding the desired results,” it added.
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