India’s count of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) surpassed the grim 9 million mark and the country’s death toll stood at 132,162, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health on Friday. In the last 24 hours, 45,522 new cases of the coronavirus disease were reported across the country and 584 patients succumbed, the Ministry of Health dashboard showed at 8 a.m.
The death toll in the country has risen to 132,162. India also recorded 44,807 new recoveries between Thursday and Friday morning, as the number of active cases was 443,794, the Health Ministry said. The recovery rate rose to 93.60% on Friday and the total number of recovered cases stands at 8,428,409. The gap between recovered cases and active cases, which has not stopped increasing, currently stands at 7,984,615.
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The ministry had said on Thursday that recoveries have continued to outpace new daily cases continuously since the past 47 days and that the number of active cases from India has fallen below 5%. “This trend of more daily recoveries than daily cases has led to a continued contraction of India’s Active Case Burden,” he had said.
On Thursday, the ministry had said that 77.27% of the new recovered cases were from 10 states and Union territories. “With 7,066 people recovering from COVID, Kerala saw the highest number of recoveries. Delhi had another 6,901 recoveries daily, while Maharashtra reported 6,608 new recoveries, ”he had said.
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Ten states and territories of the Union also contributed 77.28% of the new cases. Delhi reported 7,486 cases of the coronavirus disease, Kerala recorded 6,419 and Maharashtra recorded 5,011 new cases, according to the Health Ministry. Of the 585 deaths reported Thursday morning, 79.49% were from 10 states and Union territories. “22.39% of the new deaths reported are from Delhi, which reported 131 deaths. Maharashtra also saw a triple-digit death count of 100, while West Bengal reported 54 new deaths, ”the ministry had said.
The Health Ministry has swiftly dispatched teams of high-level experts to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Manipur to help strengthen containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention, and efficient clinical management of coronavirus disease. Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), leads the three-member team bound for Haryana, and Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, leads the Rajasthan team. The teams are made up of three experts each.
“With the increase in daily new cases and the increase in daily deaths in Delhi, the spillover effect is being observed in the NCR, within the states of Haryana and Rajasthan, where the number of patients with Covid-19 is increasing. , ”Said the Ministry of Health.
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