The total cured of the disease in India also exceeded three million today (Archive)
New Delhi:
India, one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus in the world, has exceeded 4 million cases of COVID-19. The country, which reported 83,341 cases on Friday, now has 40,06,162 cases in total, including 68,472 deaths.
India ranks third on the list of nations with the highest number of coronavirus cases, behind the United States and Brazil. Over the past few days, it has reported the majority of COVID-19 cases in the world. The daily death toll in India is also touching worrying levels: on Friday, India reported more than a thousand deaths.
Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh are the five states that reported the highest number of cases on Friday. These five states account for more than 62 percent of active cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Among these five states, Maharashtra has seen a 6.8 percent decline in the number of active cases over a three-week period, it said this morning.
However, the Health Ministry said that India’s fatal case rate is lower than the world average and is in constant decline. He also said that only 0.5 percent of COVID-19 patients are on ventilators, 2 percent of patients are in the ICU, and less than 3.5 percent are on oxygen.
The total of people cured of the disease in India also exceeds three million today.
“With the recovery of 66,659 in the last 24 hours, India has continued on its trajectory of recording more than 60,000 recoveries for the eighth consecutive day. The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is 77.15 percent, which shows that the number of patients who recover is on a constant increase in recent months, “read a statement from the Ministry of Health.
The government said the increased number of recoveries ensured that the actual number of cases (cases found under active medical care) has dropped and currently represents only 21.11 percent of the total count.
The central government, which is the highest executive authority on matters related to the pandemic, is trying to improve testing to prevent the growth of the virus in the population. He said that more than 11.70 lakh of samples were analyzed over two consecutive days (Wednesday and Thursday).
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