COVID RECOVERIES CONTINUE TO SURPASS NEW CASES, SAYS GOVT

NEW DELHI: Daily Covid-19 recoveries in the country have been outnumbering daily new cases from the last 33 days, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

In a span of 24 hours, 20,549 persons were found to be Covid positive in the country. During the same period, 26,572 new recoveries were registered ensuring a drop in the active caseload, it stated.

“India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 98,34,141 today. This is the highest globally. The recovery rate has also reached nearly 96 per cent (95.99%). “The gap between recoveries and active cases is consistently widening (95,71,869),” the ministry said.

India’s total Covid-19 active caseload of 2,62,272 consists of just 2.56 per cent of total cases. The new recoveries have led to a net decline of 6,309 in the total active cases. When compared globally, India’s cases per million population are amongst the lowest in the world (7,423). Countries such as Russia, Italy UK, Brazil, France and USA have much higher cases per million population. Over 78 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states and UTs. The ministry said that 79.24 per cent of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Kerala reported the highest daily new cases at 5,887. It is followed by Maharashtra with 3,018 new cases. West Bengal recorded 1,244 new cases. A total of 286 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Daily deaths in India are on a sustained decline. Deaths per million population in India (107) are amongst the lowest in the world.

DEATHS PER MILLION POPULATION IN INDIA (107) ARE AMONGST THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD, SAYS THE HEALTH MINISTRY