India reported around 78,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as the number of cases of active viral infection rose to 7,65,302 as of Saturday night, according to data shared by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Union Family Member (MoH & FW).
With 65,000 recoveries, 77% of people diagnosed with Covid-19 have recovered from their viral infection during the same period. So far 2.7 million Indians have recovered from their viral infection.
Maharashtra remains the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, as it reported 16,286 new cases on Saturday.
While Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Karnataka reported 10,548 and 8,324 new cases of Covid-19, respectively, the data collected by HT showed.
The Center has recognized the effective implementation of its testing, monitoring and treatment policy for the high recovery of Covid-19 cases.
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India has focused on increasing daily swab sample testing. About 1.5 million swab samples are being analyzed in the last 24 hours.
Timely follow-up and surveillance of close contacts and effective treatment of people with the viral infection by expanding the medical infrastructure has increased the rate of recovery, the ministry said.
The ministry has attributed the low fatality rate (CFR) of 1.79% as of Saturday to the effective and timely clinical management of Covid-19 cases.
At a Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting on Saturday, the Union’s Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, said that India has been able to keep the CFR much lower than many countries, despite constraints. of resources.
On average, 3.42% of patients diagnosed with Covid-19 died worldwide.
The CFR in the United Kingdom (UK) and Mexico is 12.55% and 10.79%, respectively, he said.
“It was noted that despite resource constraints and being densely populated, timely lockdown restrictions and rapidly increasing infrastructure by India have helped sustain Covid-19 case per million and deaths per million. considerably lower, compared to other countries, “the minister tweeted.
The minister said that only 2.88% of active Covid-19 cases were on oxygen, 1.93% in intensive care units (ICU) and 0.29% on ventilatory support.
Almost 81% of Covid-19-related deaths have been reported in seven states including Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, AP, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the minister said on Saturday.
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