India reported more than 75,000 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for the third consecutive day and more than 1,000 deaths for four consecutive days, bringing the count to 3,463,972, data from the Ministry of Health showed. Union on Saturday.
There were 76,472 new infections, 75,760 on Thursday and 77,266 on Friday, in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health panel at 8 a.m. The number of active cases stood at 752,424, it showed. And 1,021 people succumbed to the viral illness between Friday and Saturday morning after 1,059 died on Thursday and 1,023 on Friday.
The number of people who recovered from the coronavirus disease rose to 2,648,998 after 65,050 patients were cured in a single day. This has brought the recovery rate to 76.47%.
India’s Covid-19 recoveries topped 2.6 million after 65,050 patients recovered and were discharged from home isolation for mild and moderate cases and from hospitals for severe and critical cases in a single day. This has brought the country’s recovery rate to 76.47%.
The government said on Friday that in the past five months more than 3/4 of Covid-19 cases have recovered and less than 1/4 are active now, which it attributes to its “strategic and graduated approach of TESTING, FOLLOWING and TREATMENT ”.
The number of recoveries is almost 3.5 times active cases, which comprise 21.90% of all cases, he said.
The government has also said that India’s Covid-19 tests have crossed the 4 million mark, with around 9 lakh of testing conducted on Friday. According to government data, at least 10 million tests have been performed in the last two weeks.
“… 9 lakh of COVID-19 samples each day for the second day in a row, keeping a sharp focus on the Union government’s testing, monitoring and treatment strategy. India has already created the capacity to do 10 lakhs of tests per day… ”the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Tests per million have also seen a sharp increase to 28,607. According to experts, only through aggressive testing can positive cases be identified at an early stage, their close contacts can be quickly traced and isolated, as well as ensuring timely and effective treatment.
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