In a welcome landmark, India's COVID-19 recovery rate on Sunday touched 90 per cent with 62,077 people having recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours. However, the country also recorded a spike of 50,129 cases and 578 deaths in the last 24 hours. The current number of active cases in the country comprises merely 8.50 per cent of the total positive count and the recoveries continue to rise, the data stated. "They are 70,78,123 so far. With the increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases has crossed 64 lakhs (64,09,969)," the Health Ministry pointed out. Furthermore, less than 1000 deaths have been continuously reported since the last one week. The deaths are below the 1100 mark since 2nd October, the ministry stated.The fatality rate is 1.51 per cent.

In a welcome landmark, India's COVID-19 recovery rate on Sunday touched 90 per cent with 62,077 people having recovered and discharged in the past 24 hours. However, the country also recorded a spike of 50,129 cases and 578 deaths in the last 24 hours. The current number of active cases in the country comprises merely 8.50 per cent of the total positive count and the recoveries continue to rise, the data stated. "They are 70,78,123 so far. With the increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases has crossed 64 lakhs (64,09,969)," the Health Ministry pointed out. Furthermore, less than 1000 deaths have been continuously reported since the last one week. The deaths are below the 1100 mark since 2nd October, the ministry stated.The fatality rate is 1.51 per cent.