The Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 17 Union states and territories have played a significant role in helping India maintain a high Covid-19 recovery figure. This, the ministry said, is because the Covid-19 recovery rate of these states and UT is higher than the national recovery rate.
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“Total Covid-19 recoveries from India have exceeded 56.6 lakh. This has pushed the national recovery rate to 84.7%. This sustained high figure is driven by 17 states / UT reporting a recovery rate higher than the national average, ”the ministry said.
The 17 states / territories of the union are:
(1.) Daman and Diu; Dadra and Nagar Haveli (96.7%)
(2.) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (93.8%)
(3.) Bihar (93.4%)
(4.) Andhra Pradesh (92.1%)
(5.) Tamil Nadu (91.1%)
(6.) Delhi (90.2%)
(7.) Haryana (90.1%)
(8.) West Bengal (88%)
(9.) Uttar Pradesh (87.8%)
(10.) Odisha (87.7%)
(11.) Jharkhand (87.3%)
(12.) Mizoram (86.3%)
(13.) Telangana (86.3%)
(14.) Punjab (86.1%)
(15.) Gujarat (85.9%)
(16.) Chandigarh (85.8%)
(17.) Goa (85.3%)
India has reported 5,662,490 recoveries in a total number of cases of 6,685,082, according to the health ministry dashboard. While this makes India the second most affected country by Covid-19 after the United States, it also has the highest number of coronavirus recoveries in the world and a recovery rate of 84.7%.
Furthermore, India contributes more than 20% of total global recoveries, a figure that the ministry has repeatedly highlighted in recent days.
The United States, the most affected country in the world, has reported the second highest number of recoveries (4.9 million), while Brazil, the third most affected, also has the third highest number of recoveries (4.3 million).
Meanwhile, India’s active case and death count is 919,023 and 103,569, respectively. It is currently in the fifth stage of ‘unlocking’, after a nationwide lockdown from March 25 to May 31.
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