For the fifth day in a row, India has recorded more than 30,000 recoveries of COVID-19 per day.
New Delhi:
Three of the hardest-hit states in India reported significantly fewer coronavirus cases on Tuesday in a brief moment of relief that has helped the country reduce a daily tally climbing to 50,000 over the past week.
Delhi reported a 42% drop in coronavirus cases from the previous day – from 1,075 to 613, Andhra Pradesh 20% – from 7,627 to 6,051 and Maharashtra 16% – from 9,431 to 7,924, according to the data.
The figures helped the country reduce its one-day rise in COVID-19 cases to 47,703, which pushed the coronavirus count in India past 14.83 lakh, according to the Ministry of Health of The union. The number of deaths from the disease rose to 33,425 with 654 new deaths.
The ministry also noted that India’s COVID-19 death rate has gradually fallen from 3.33% on June 18 to 2.25% currently.
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“India continues its march as a country with one of the lowest death rates in the world,” he said while stressing that this achievement was the result of the effective implementation of a containment strategy combined with door-to-door investigations, aggressive testing and standardized clinical testing. management protocols based on a holistic approach to standards of care.
For the fifth day in a row, India recorded more than 30,000 recoveries per day, the ministry said.
However, despite the encouraging figures, the rate of the spread of infection in the country has remained well above that of the United States and Brazil – the two most affected countries in the world and the only ones currently above the world. India in total.
A seven-day moving average of the daily increase in coronavirus cases showed India increased its tally to 3.6% on Tuesday, significantly higher than the United States at 1.7% and Brazil at 2, 4%.
If the rate is not lowered, India could cross the United States as the country with the highest number of cases in just over two months.
