India’s Coronavirus recovery rate improves to 52.47%
Total tally reaches 3,43,091; death toll rises to 9,900
NEW DELHI: Even though the Covid death toll is inching closer to the 10,000-mark, the government on Tuesday asserted that the country’s fight against the Coronavirus has been “effective” and that India is one of the countries that has had the lowest number of casualties. The recovery rate has increased to 52.47 per cent. India, on Tuesday, registered 10,667 new COVID19 cases for the fifth day in a row pushing the total tally to 3,43,091, while the death toll rose to 9,900 with 380 new fatalities. The number of active cases stands at 1,53,178, while 1,80,013 people have recovered.
India is the fourth worsthit nation by the pandemic after the US, Brazil and Russia, while the country is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll.
Meanwhile, the ICMR’S testing capacity for detecting the virus in infected persons has been further ramped up to 907 laboratories. The ICMR has tested a total of 59,21,069 samples out of which 1,54,935 samples were tested on Monday. Of the 380 new deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the highest 178 fatalities followed by Delhi at 73, Tamil Nadu at 44 and Gujarat 28 among others.
Of the total 9,900 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 4,128 fatalities followed by Gujarat with 1,505 deaths. Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of cases at 1,10,744 followed by Tamil Nadu at 46,504, Delhi at 42,829, Gujarat at 24,055, Uttar Pradesh at 13,615, Rajasthan at 12,981 and West Bengal at 11,494.
Meanwhile, at least 80 people working for the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s helpline service here have tested positive, a senior official said in Lucknow on Tuesday. “The first case (among those working at the helpline) was detected around 4-5 days back,” the official added.
The helpline service ‘1076’ has been outsourced to a company. In another development, the Supreme Court said the Covid situation in the country is worsening each passing day and not improving.
The top court’s observation came while hearing a criminal case in which accused businessman Jagjit Singh Chahal has sought extension of his parole ending next month.