Over 3/4th of India’s COVID cases have recovered: Govt

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New Delhi (NVI): More than three-fourth of reported coronavirus cases in India have either recovered or been discharged, the Union Health Ministry informed.

In a tweet, the Health Ministry said, “The gap between the percentage of Recovered Cases and percentage of Active Cases progressively growing wide. More than 3/4 of total cases (more than 36Lakh) recovered & discharged.”

The Health Ministry also shared a graph which showed the country’s recovery rate at 77.65 per cent while the percentage of active cases stands at 20.7 per cent.

The active cases in the country are known to be only a small portion, which is less than one-fourth (less than 10.5 lakh) of total cases, according to the ministry.

Lauding the efforts of the government, the ministry said that, “the Centre-led COVID-19 management strategies have focused on early detection through widespread, easy and aggressive testing; standardised quality and effective treatment in hospitals and supervised home/facility isolation and reducing mortality.”

As per the last bulletin by the Health Ministry, India is currently in the second place in terms of coronavirus cases at 4,562,414, while the country’s death toll stood at 76,271

Out of the total COVID-19 cases, around 9,43,480 are active cases while 35,42,664 have been successfully cured and discharged.

-RJV