With 85,000 recoveries in last 24 hours, Covid-19 recovery rate reaches 83.01%

New Delhi: There has been a consistent increase in the number of patients recovering from Covid-19. The overall recovery has now reached 83.01% and total recovered cases have now crossed 51 lakh mark. In last 24 hours, nealy 85,000 recovered from the Coronavirus.

The gap between recovered cases and active cases is also growing wide.

The constant increase in recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country has reduced and currently makes up for 15.42% of total positive cases.

The number of recovered patients has surpassed active cases by more than 5 times.

There has been more than 100% increase in patients recovered and discharged in last 1 month, owing to heightened recoveries from the disease.

Health Ministry has informed that the sustained high recovery rate is fuelled by 9 states and UTs reporting recovery rate of over 80%. These states include Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Gujarat among others.

The ministry has informed that aggressive measures towards early identification, prompt and effective treatment and enhanced clinical skills of ICU doctors have actively led to progressive enhancement of India’s Total Recoveries.

Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate stands at 1.57% and it has remained much lower than the global average.

In last 24 hours, 70,589 new cases have been reported taking the total number of positive cases to 61,45,292.

Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is 9,47, 576. In the last 24 hours, 776 deaths have been reported taking the toll to 96,318.