COVID-19: India has highest recovered cases in the world, says health ministry

New Delhi: India occupies the top position in the world in terms of total COVID-19 recoveries as the country constitutes 19 per cent of total global recoveries, said the Union Ministry of Health on Tuesday.

“India occupies the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries. More than 43 lakhs have recovered. India’s recoveries constitute 19% of total global recoveries,” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said in a tweet quoting the statistics given by Worldometers.

As per the data of Worldometers, after India, the USA constitutes 18.70 per cent of total COVID-19 recoveries and Brazil’s share of total recoveries stood at 16.90 per cent.

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India occupies the top position in the world in terms of Total Recoveries.

More than 43 lakh have recovered.

India’s Recoveries constitute 19% of total global Recoveries.https://t.co/sJf1AS4zBg pic.twitter.com/K77KOdgE9s

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 21, 2020

Worldometers, run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers, gives live world statistics on population and disease count, among others.

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India registers a record High Recoveries, More than 94,000 Recovered in last 24 hours.

India’s Total Recoveries continue to rise, cross 43 lakh today.

5 States contribute 60% of new recoverieshttps://t.co/YZvHTbwesk pic.twitter.com/LicLapnbHY

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 20, 2020

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52% of the new cases are concentrated in five states.

These are also the States contributing maximum to the new recoveries.

Maharashtra contributed more than 20,000 to the new cases. Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka both have contributed more than 8,000. pic.twitter.com/GNS6Dtw0Ak

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) September 20, 2020