New Delhi (NVI): India registered 22,065 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the lowest single day count since July 7, a significant milestone in its fight against COVID-19, the Union Health Ministry said.
“This is the lowest daily cases after 161 days. The new added COVID-19 cases were 22,252 on July 7, 2020,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
“With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day and the sustained fall in the mortality rate, India’s steady trend of registering dipping active cases continues,” it added.
The ministry said the active cases have also drastically declined below 3.4 lakh. The total positive cases of the country are 3,39,820 and now comprise merely 3.43 per cent of the total cases.
In addition, the slide in the active cases is supplemented by an exponential rise in the recoveries.
Meanwhile, the total recovered cases have crossed 94 lakh mark and currently stands at 94,22,636.The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 90,82,816.
The ministry further said, the national recovery rate has further escalated to 95.12 per cent in India. However, India’s recovery rate is one of the highest in the world for countries with high caseload.
“34,477 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours. 74.24 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States and UTs,” the ministry said.
Maharashtra has reported the highest number of single day recoveries with 4,610 cases, followed by Kerala with 4,481 and West Bengal with 2,980 recovered cases, it added.
Furthermore, as many as 73.52 per cent of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Out of these, Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 2,949, followed by Kerala with 2,707 new cases.
The ministry also informed that, 354 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Ten States and UTs account for 79.66 per cent of these.
“Maharashtra and Delhi both reported maximum casualties with 60 new deaths and West Bengal follows with 43 daily deaths,” it added.
-RJV
