So far, more than 3.6 million coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients have recovered across the country and most of them are from five states, including Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, the government said. Saturday.
According to the Union Ministry of Health, a record 81,533 Covid-19 patients recovered between Friday and Saturday morning, bringing the number of recoveries in the country to 3,624,196. Of this, 60% of the cases are from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.
Maharashtra alone has contributed more than 14,000 and Karnataka more than 12,000 to new single-day recoveries, the Health Ministry dashboard showed on Saturday.
“These states have also reported the maximum of new recoveries in the last 24 hours. With its strategies and focused measures, India has been continuously reporting a high number of recoveries, ”said the Ministry of Health.
India’s coronavirus disease case burden amounted to 4,659,984 with a record 97,570 infections reported in one day, data showed on Saturday morning.
Of the 97,570 new cases added in the last 24 hours in the country, Maharashtra has contributed to more than 24,000 additional cases. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have contributed to more than 9,000 infections, he said.
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India’s case fatality rate has dropped further to 1.66%, while the recovery rate has risen to 77.77%, according to the Ministry of Health panel. The country recorded 1,201 deaths in 24 hours, with 36% of the deaths reported on Friday being from Maharashtra with 442 deaths, followed by Karnataka with 130 deaths.
Of the total deaths, 69% of deaths are concentrated in five states and territories of the Union of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi, according to the government.
India is now the second most affected country in the world after the United States and Brazil, as global coronavirus cases soared to more than 28 million and 915,608 people died, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker.
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