The Covid-19 recovery rate in India has increased to 77.31 percent with 69,564 patients recovering from the disease in 24 hours, bringing the total number of recoveries to 32.5 lakh, the ministry said on Monday. of health.
The fatality rate has dropped further to 1.7 percent, he said.
According to the ministry, five states contribute 60% of total cases, with Maharashtra at the top with 21.6% of cases, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 11.8%, Tamil Nadu with 11%, Karnataka with 9.5% and Uttar Pradesh. 6.3 percent.
Maharashtra also contributed 26.76% of active cases in the country, followed by Andhra Pradesh with 11.30%, Karnataka with 11.25%, Uttar Pradesh with 6.98% and Tamil Nadu with 5 , 83%.
These five states combined currently contribute 62 percent of total active cases, the ministry said.
“On a continuous upward trajectory, the total recovered cases from India has now exceeded 32.5 lakh, with 69,564 patients discharged in the last 24 hours. This has resulted in the recovery rate reaching 77.31 percent, ”it said in a statement.
In the past 24 hours, Andhra Pradesh posted the highest recoveries with 11,915. Karnataka and Maharashtra recorded 9,575 and 7,826 recoveries, respectively. Tamil Nadu witnessed the recovery of 5,820 people from the disease and 4,779 recoveries from Uttar Pradesh during the same period, it said.
“These five states together contributed 57 percent of the recoveries in the past 24 hours,” the Health Ministry said.
He said that several calibrated and focused actions undertaken within the overall ‘test, follow-up and treat’ strategy have enabled early case identification through aggressive and large-scale testing.
“Better ambulance services and smooth point-to-point patient management to facilitate their timely hospitalization before their health deteriorates has led to large numbers of Covid-19 patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals “said the ministry.
Additionally, he said supervised isolation in home and facility settings, following an effective care protocol standard, has greatly assisted in the recovery of mild and moderate cases.
India’s Covid-19 case count surpassed 42 lakh on Monday with a record 90,802 people infected in one day, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health.
The total number of coronavirus cases rose to 42.04,613, while the death toll rose to 71,642 with 1,016 deaths reported in 24 hours, updated data showed at 8 a.m.
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