The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that India’s track record of daily Covid-19 cases has seen a downward trend over the past five weeks.
“India shows a downward trend in average daily cases for the past 5 weeks,” the ministry wrote on Twitter along with a graph showing average daily figures for the week that began on September 9.
According to the government, the daily average of cases between September 9 and 15 was 92,830, which fell to 90,346 between September 16 and 22. The downward trend continued with 83,232 new cases averaged between September 23 and 29 and in the In two weeks, the average fell to 77,113 and 72,576, data cited by the government showed.
Follow the latest updates on coronavirus here
The ministry also noted the decline in the number of active cases. After a month, on October 9, active cases fell below the 900,000 mark and have followed a downward slope ever since, he said in the tweet.
As of Monday, there were 861,853 active cases of the coronavirus disease, while the total number of cases in the country was 7,120,538. More than 100,000 lakh people have died from the infection in the country.
The recovery figures, however, remain hopeful. So far, 6,149,535 have recovered from the viral infection in home isolation or have been discharged from hospitals.
Click here for full coronavirus coverage
In another tweet, the ministry praised the sustained testing efforts for the encouraging results. “The Center, in close collaboration with the State / UT governments, has adopted a tiered strategy for # COVID19 management and public health response. The sustained efforts of TEST TRACK TRACE TREAT TECHNOLOGY are progressively producing encouraging results, ”he said.
.
