With the second highest number of cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) globally, India continues to record the highest number of recoveries from the infection.
India accounts for 21% of all reported recoveries worldwide, even as the country accounts for 18.6% of the global proportion of cases.
The United States represents the largest number of reported cases globally, representing 21.7% of all cases, but represents 18.4% of total world recoveries, according to data shared by the Union Ministry of Health.
The higher recoveries recorded in India are largely due to fewer deaths due to infection. India’s case fatality rate (the fraction of people who died from the infection among those who tested positive) is one of the lowest in the world and is currently 1.56%, lower than the world average of 2.97%. . And much lower than in countries like Mexico, where the current CFR stands at around 10.9% and the United Kingdom, where it stands at 9.17%. The other countries where the CFR is lower than the world average are Russia with a CFR of 1.76%, South Africa with 2.49% and the United States with 2.87%, the ministry data shows.
“India has been consistently reporting one of the lowest CFRs in the world. Studies are underway to find out why, but scientists believe it could be due to a younger population, our previous exposure to other coronavirus infections, the virus that has mutated to cause more infections but fewer deaths, people who have been vaccinated. with BCG (anti tuberculosis vaccine). The current decline in deaths could also be because treatment modalities have now been standardized, ”said Dr. Neeraj Gupta, professor of pulmonary medicine at Safdarjung Hospital.
Higher recoveries and fewer new cases reported nationwide have also led to a decline in the number of active cases or those with current infections. The government should focus on active cases, as these are the ones that have to be isolated and may need medical intervention. The number of active cases has been consecutively reduced for 12 days.
After reaching some 100,000 cases that are reported in the country each day, the number of new cases has dropped to 79,000 reported on Friday, according to the Health Ministry. More than 78% of these new cases are reported in 10 states: Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Delhi, Chhattisgarh.
Of the total deaths reported on Friday, 84% are also from ten states: Kerala and Odisha, which have reported a high number of cases, are not among the ten states with the highest number of deaths, while Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, that are not in the top ten with the most deaths The number of cases is among the ten that have reported high deaths due to infection.
Maharashtra continues to report the highest number of cases and deaths, accounting for 25% of all new cases and 39.6% of deaths, the data shows.
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