NEW DELHI: India’s 9,19,023 active Covid-19 cases constitute “just” 13.75 percent of the total number of cases to date and the country continues to report a steady downward trend in the percentage of active cases the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. .
So far, 56,62,490 people have recovered from the disease in the country and exceed active cases of coronavirus infection by 47,43,467 to date, he said.
“The downward trend in the percentage of active cases is proportionally supported by the increase in the percentage of recovered cases,” the ministry stressed.
The increased number of recoveries has helped the national recovery rate improve further to 84.70 percent, the ministry said.
A total of 75,787 people have recovered from Covid-19 and were discharged within 24 hours, while 61,267 new infections were reported during the same period, according to data updated at 8 a.m.
New recoveries have surpassed new confirmed cases in 25 states and UT, the ministry noted.
Seventy-four percent of the new recovered cases are concentrated in 10 states and UT: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, the ministry said.
Maharashtra has only contributed the maximum with nearly 13,000 single-day recoveries.
The ministry said 75 percent of the 61,267 new confirmed cases registered within 24 hours are from 10 states and UT.
Maharashtra continues to be the reporting state with a very high number of new cases with more than 10,000 cases, followed by Karnataka with more than 7,000 cases.
In addition, 884 deaths from Covid-19 have been reported in one day, of these almost 80 percent are concentrated in ten states and UT of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Delhi. and Madhya Pradesh, the ministry said.
More than 29 percent of the new deaths reported are from Maharashtra (263 deaths).
So far, 56,62,490 people have recovered from the disease in the country and exceed active cases of coronavirus infection by 47,43,467 to date, he said.
“The downward trend in the percentage of active cases is proportionally supported by the increase in the percentage of recovered cases,” the ministry stressed.
The increased number of recoveries has helped the national recovery rate improve further to 84.70 percent, the ministry said.
A total of 75,787 people have recovered from Covid-19 and were discharged within 24 hours, while 61,267 new infections were reported during the same period, according to data updated at 8 a.m.
New recoveries have surpassed new confirmed cases in 25 states and UT, the ministry noted.
Seventy-four percent of the new recovered cases are concentrated in 10 states and UT: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Delhi, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, the ministry said.
Maharashtra has only contributed the maximum with nearly 13,000 single-day recoveries.
The ministry said 75 percent of the 61,267 new confirmed cases registered within 24 hours are from 10 states and UT.
Maharashtra continues to be the reporting state with a very high number of new cases with more than 10,000 cases, followed by Karnataka with more than 7,000 cases.
In addition, 884 deaths from Covid-19 have been reported in one day, of these almost 80 percent are concentrated in ten states and UT of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Delhi. and Madhya Pradesh, the ministry said.
More than 29 percent of the new deaths reported are from Maharashtra (263 deaths).
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