India reported 75,083 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the lowest since late August, and 1,053 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Interior Ministry on Tuesday.
New Covid-19 cases and deaths have brought India’s count to 5,562,663 and the death toll to 88,935. The last time India reported fewer than 75,000 Covid-19 cases was on August 26. There were 67,151 infections that day, according to official data.
There are 975,861 active cases of the coronavirus disease and 4,497,867 patients have recovered so far, according to the Ministry of Health dashboard at 8 a.m. With a record 101,468 people cured of the viral disease between Monday and Tuesday morning, the recovery rate is now 80.85%.
India, which is the second most affected country in the world after the United States, is now the first among the countries that have registered the highest number of recoveries from the coronavirus disease, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
“India has posted very high single day recoveries successively over the last 3 days. More than 90,000 # COVID19 patients have been cured and discharged from home isolation / facilities and hospitals every day, ”the ministry tweeted. “Congratulations to the front-line health workers in India! The country reaches a record of 1.01.468 # COVID19 RECOVERIES in the last 24 hours, “he added.
The Health Ministry also said that the country recorded the highest number of recoveries in the past three days.
The Health Ministry had said on Monday that 76% of the new confirmed cases were concentrated in 10 states and territories of the Union. Maharashtra alone has contributed more than 20,000 and Andhra Pradesh more than 8,000, the ministry said.
Their data also showed that 10 Union states and territories accounted for 86% of Covid-19 deaths between Sunday and Monday morning. Maharashtra reported 455 deaths followed by Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh with 101 and 94 deaths, respectively, it said.
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