India’s count of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) rose to 4,659,984 after another record daily jump of 97,570 new infections and 1,201 deaths across the country, data from the Union Health Ministry showed on Saturday.
The country has seen more than 95,000 daily cases of the coronavirus disease for three days. The death toll has exceeded 1,000 almost every day since the beginning of September. There have been 77,472 deaths due to the viral illness to date, the Health Ministry dashboard showed at 8 a.m.
There are 3,624,196 patients who have been discharged from hospitals and 958,316 active cases of the viral disease now, according to the Health Ministry. The gap between recovered and active cases has widened to 2,665,880 and the recovery rate has reached 77.77%.
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The Health Ministry said that more than 3/4 of the total cases or more than 3.6 million have been recovered and discharged. Active cases are only a small proportion or less than 1/4 of all cases, he added. “The center-led #COVID management strategies have focused on early detection through generalized, easy and aggressive testing; quality and effective standardized treatment in hospitals and supervised isolation of homes / facilities; and reduce mortality, ”the ministry tweeted.
The ministry had said on Friday that nearly 57% of new cases are reported in just five states and Maharashtra is the largest contributor to the number of cases. Maharashtra has now become the first and only state or province in the world to report more than one million cases of Covid-19. It came just over six months from the day he detected his first case. The Brazilian province of Sao Paulo with 874,754 cases of Covid-19 has the second highest infections of any state or province in the world.
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh are the states that are contributing 60% of recovered cases, the Health Ministry said.
“India has been continuously reporting a high number of recoveries. A total of 70,880 recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country. Maharashtra alone has contributed more than 14,000 and Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 10,000 to single-day recoveries, ”it said in a statement.
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According to the Ministry of Health, almost 74% of active cases are in the nine most affected states, with Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributing more than 48% of the total. Maharashtra and Karnataka have also added to the country’s death toll.
Globally, there have been more than 28 million cases and 913,018 deaths to date, according to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus disease tracker.
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