India recorded 93,337 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 1,247 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s tally to more than 5.3 million, according to the Union Health Ministry on Saturday. The Health Ministry dashboard showed at 8 am that there were 1,013,964 active cases of Covid-19 and the death toll has risen to 85,619.
The Health Ministry said on Saturday that India has overtaken the United States to become number one in terms of global recoveries from Covid-19. According to the ministry, there are now 4,208,431 people who have been cured of the viral disease after 95,880 patients were discharged between Friday and Saturday. The recovery rate is now 79.28%.
India, the second worst affected country in the world, has reported daily recoveries of more than 70,000 since the last 11 days. The government said Friday that recovered cases are 4.04 times the number of active cases. The top five states with a large number of active cases are also the ones currently reporting a high level of recoveries, he added.
59.8% of active cases were reported in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh. These states are also contributing 59.3% of total recoveries. She said that 90% of new recoveries are reported in 16 states and U territories.
Maharashtra (19,522) contributed 22.31% of the new recoveries, while Andhra Pradesh (12.24%), Karnataka (8.3%), Tamil Nadu (6.31%) and Chhattisgarh (6.0% ) followed with 32.8% of the new recoveries. These states together contribute 55.1% of the total new recoveries, said the Ministry of Health.
The government attributed the “continuous streak of a very high level of recoveries” to the “effective clinical management and treatment protocols” issued by the Center. “The Ministry of Health, in active collaboration with AIIMS, has been carrying out the exercise ‘National e-ICU on Management of COVID-19’ that takes ICU doctors from state hospitals / UT through the Centers of Excellence . Held twice a week, Tuesday and Friday, these sessions have played a major role in India’s substantial rate of recovery and decline in the fertility rate of cases. So far, 19 of these national electronic ICUs have been carried out, covering 249 hospitals in 28 states / UTs throughout the country, ”he said.
“India has also allowed the rational use of ‘investigational therapies’ such as Remdesevir, convalescent plasma and tocilizumab and adopted measures such as proning, use of high flow oxygen, non-invasive ventilation, use of steroids and anticoagulants to aid recovery. in COVID patients. Supervised home isolation, improved ambulance services to transfer patients for fast and timely treatment have enabled smooth and efficient patient management, ”he added.
The country’s fatality rate (CFR) was 1.62%, according to the Health Ministry on Friday.
According to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker, there are 30,397,759 cases of Covid-19 and 950,493 people have died from the viral disease worldwide.
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