Record 81,533 people recover from Covid-19 in India in one day

The COVID-19 case fatality rate in India has dropped further to 1.66 percent, while the recovery rate has increased to 77.77 percent, according to the Union Ministry of Health.

Sixty percent of the total recovered cases come from five states: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh, the ministry said on Saturday.

Maharashtra alone has contributed more than 14,000 and Karnataka has contributed more than 12,000 to new single-day recoveries, he noted.

Furthermore, 60 percent of the total cases are reported in just five states: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh.

“These states have also reported the maximum of new recoveries in the last 24 hours,” the ministry stressed.

“With its focused strategies and measures, India has been continuously reporting a high number of recoveries. The highest single-day recoveries of 81,533 have been recorded in 24 hours,” the ministry said.

Of the 97,570 new cases added within 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.

In a 24-hour span, 1,201 deaths have been recorded and 36 percent of the deaths reported on Friday are from Maharashtra with 442 deaths, followed by Karnataka with 130 deaths.

Of the total deaths, 69 percent of deaths are concentrated in five states and union territories of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.

India’s number of COVID-19 cases increased to 46,59,984 with a record 97,570 infections reported in one day, while the death toll rose to 77,472 with 1,201 people succumbing to the infection within 24 hours. , they showed the updated data at 8 am.

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