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Government today said that the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has reached 88.81 per cent. During the last 24 hours, more than 61 thousand COVID patients have recovered.
The Health Ministry said, the total number of recoveries has reached over 67 lakh 95 thousand. The constantly increasing recoveries ensured that the actual caseload is considerably reduced and currently comprises only 9.67 per cent of the total positive cases. Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is seven lakh 40 thousand.
In the past 24 hours, 54 thousand 44 new cases have been reported taking the total number of positive cases in the country to over 76 lakh. The Ministry said, effective implementation of Centre’s strategic and graded Test-Track and Treat approach has led to higher recoveries and lower fatality. Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate is at 1.51 per cent, which is one of the lowest globally. During the last 24 hours, 717 deaths were reported taking the toll to one lakh 15 thousand 914.
According to Indian Council of Medical Research, more than ten lakh 83 thousand tests were conducted during the last 24 hours. The total number of samples tested so far has reached nine crore 72 lakh.