New Delhi: Covid-19 recovery rate has reached 85.52% with over 78,000 recoveries in last 24 hours. For the first in a month, the active cases have gone below 9 lakh. As per official figures, the active cases stand at 8.93 lakh.
There has been a steady fall in the number of active COVID cases for past three weeks, with numbers remaining below 10 lakh mark.
Out of the total reported cases, 12.94% are currently reported to be under hospitalization.
New Recoveries exceed new confirmed cases for 3rd consecutive week
India continues to report a trend of steadily dipping active cases. After a month, for the first time, active cases fall below the 9 lakh mark. India registered 8.93 lakh active cases today after registering 8.97 lakh on 9th September. Presently the active cases stand at 8,93,592 and comprise merely 12.94% of the total positive cases of the country demonstrating a steady falling percentage of the total cases. The declining trend of the percentage active cases is commensurately supported by rising percentage of recovered cases.
The total recovered cases stand at 59,06,069. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases has crossed 50 lakh (50,12,477). With increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening. Higher number of recoveries has aided the national Recovery Rate to further improve to 85.52%.
78% of new cases reported from 10 states
78,365 have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases stand at 70,496.75% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Delhi, and Madhya Pradesh. Maharashtra alone has contributed the maximum with more than 15,000 single day recovery. 78% of the new cases are from reported 10 States and UTs.
Maharashtra continues to be the State reporting a very high number of new cases with more than 13,000 cases followed by Karnataka with more than 10,000 cases. 964 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these, nearly 82% are concentrated in ten States/UT. More than 37% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra (358 deaths).
Close to 8.5 crore Covid-19 tests till now
The Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that a total of 11, 68,705 tests of Corona virus samples were conducted by the various laboratories within last 24 hours.
So far, laboratories across the country have conducted 8,46,34, 680 tests.
ICMR is continuously ramping up the testing facilities in the country.
At present, a total of 1,902 laboratories across India are conducting the tests for COVID-19 including 1,104 government laboratories and 798 private laboratories’ chains.
PM Modi to launch physical distribution of Property Cards under SVAMITVA Scheme
In a historic move set to transform rural India and empower millions of Indians, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the physical distribution of Property Cards under the SVAMITVA Scheme on 11th October, via video conferencing. The launch will enable around one lakh property holders to download their Property Cards through the SMS link delivered on their mobile phones.
This would be followed by physical distribution of the Property Cards by the respective State governments. These beneficiaries are from 763 villages across six States including 346 from Uttar Pradesh, 221 from Haryana, 100 from Maharashtra, 44 from Madhya Pradesh, 50 from Uttarakhand and 2 from Karnataka. Beneficiaries from all these states except Maharashtra will receive the physical copies of the Property Cards within one day – Maharashtra has a system of recovering the nominal cost of Property Card, so it will take a month’s time.
The move will pave the way for using property as a financial asset by villagers for taking loans and other financial benefits. Also, this is the first time ever that such a large-scale exercise involving the most modern means of technology is being carried out to benefit millions of rural property owners. Prime Minister will also be interacting with some of the beneficiaries during the event. Union Minister for Panchayati Raj will be present on the occasion. The programme will commence from 11 AM.
