India on Sunday recorded 78,761 cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. This brought the national account to 3,542,733.
The number of active cases in the country amounts to 7,65,302, while the number of deaths amounts to 63,498. The Health Ministry update on Sunday said 948 people died due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the ministry said on Saturday that the country’s recovery rate has reached 76.47 percent, which it said has been made possible thanks to the strategic policy of “conducting aggressive testing, comprehensive monitoring, and treating efficient “in supervised home isolation, isolation of facilities and hospitals.
The fatality rate (CFR) has also been low compared to the world average. It is in continuous decline and currently stands at 1.81 percent, said the Ministry of Health.
An important feature of Covid-19 case management in India is the increasing rate of recovered patients. A greater number of patients are recovering and are being discharged from hospitals and home isolation, she noted.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan chaired a group of ministers meeting on Covid-19 on Saturday, where he said India has one of the lowest cases per million and deaths per million compared to the global average of 3,161 cases and 107.2 deaths, respectively.
The meeting was informed that, as of Saturday, eight states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha and Telangana) contribute about 73% of the number of active cases in the country.
Seven states – Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal – account for 81% of total Covid-19 deaths, data from the Ministry of Health revealed.
On the Covid-19 vaccine front, Dr Vinod K Paul, Chairman of Empowered Group 1 on Medical Emergency Management Plan, said India was making satisfactory progress. In addition, he informed the group of ministers of the Covid vaccine development process in India and around the world.
So far, 29 vaccine candidates, including two Indians, are in clinical trials; of which six are in Phase 3.
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