New Delhi:
India continues to occupy the first place in the world with the maximum number of recoveries of COVID-19 and accounts for 21% of recovered cases globally, while its share in total cases stands at 18.6%, the Union Health Ministry said today.
India has also maintained its global position with one of the lowest case fatality rates for COVID-19 (TFC) compared to several other countries.
While the global CFR is 2.97% to date, the comparative figure for India is 1.56%, he said.
The number of deaths per million people in India is one of the lowest in the world. While the global average is 130 deaths per million population, India reports 73 deaths per million population, the ministry said.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease soared to 54.27706, with 75,628 recovering within 24 hours, bringing the national cure rate to 83.84%, according to ministry data released. updated at 8 am today.
“India continues to occupy the first place in the world as the country with the maximum number of recoveries. It accounts for 21% of the global cases recovered, while its share of the total cases is 18.6%,” he said. the ministry said.
He said 74.36% of the recovered cases reported within 24 hours were from 10 states and Union Territories (UTs). Maharashtra contributed the most to these, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
There are 9.44996 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country, which is only 14.60% of the total number of cases, he said.
“For the 12th day in a row, India has maintained its consistent trend of keeping active cases below 10 lakh,” the ministry said.
Almost 77% of active cases are in 10 states and EU territories, he said.
Maharashtra leads the tally with over 2.6 lakh cases.
In addition, 79,476 confirmed cases were reported within 24 hours in the country, while 78.2% of new cases are concentrated in ten states / UTs, the ministry said.
Maharashtra contributed nearly 16,000 cases to the new cases, down from the day before. Kerala fell to second place with 9,258 new cases, while Karnataka reported more than 8,000 new cases per day.
In addition, 1,069 deaths were recorded in one day, with 10 states and UTs accounting for 84.1% of the latest deaths, he said.
The ministry said 39.66% of the deaths reported on Friday were from Maharashtra with 424 deaths, followed by Karnataka with 125 deaths.
The number of COVID-19 cases in India climbed to 64.73,544 with 79,476 new infections reported in one day, while the death toll climbed to 1.00,842 with the virus killing 1,069 in 24 hours, data shows Ministry updates at 8 am Saturday today.
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