SEP 25, 2020 NEW DELHI: The country is registering a continuous increase in the number of patients recovered from COVID-19. With recovery of over 81 thousand people in the last 24 hours the total recovery tally has crossed over 47 lakh 56 thousand . The overall recovery rate has now reached 81.74 per cent. The Health Ministry has said that the gap between recovered cases and active cases is progressively growing wide. Actual caseload of the country currently comprises only 16.67 per cent of the total positive cases. The number of recovered patients has overtaken the active cases by nearly 5 times. Unprecedented surge in COVID recoveries with more than 100 per cent increase in patients recovered and discharged in the last one month has also been reported. The Health Ministry has informed that the sustained high recovery rate is fuelled by 9 states and Union Territories reporting recovery rate of over 80 per cent. These states include Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Gujarat among others. The ministry has informed that aggressive measures for early identification, prompt and effective treatment and enhanced clinical skills of ICU doctors have led to progressive enhancement of India's total recoveries. Early identification through wide scale testing, prompt and effective treatment in hospitals and supervised home as well as facility isolations, have actively led to a high recovery rate in the country. Currently, India's Case Fatality Rate stands at 1.59 per cent. India has progressively maintained a low Case Fatality Rate compared to the global average. In the last 24 hours, 86 thousand 52 new cases have been reported taking the total number of positive cases to 58 lakh 18 thousand 571. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is 9 lakh 70 thousand and 116. In the last 24 hours, one thousand 141 deaths have been reported taking the toll to 92 thousand 290. Copyright © Jammu Links News Jammu Links News
