With a record 66,550 patients recovering from COVID-19 in a day, the total recoveries have surged to 24.04 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 75.92%, while the active cases comprise only 22.24% of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In a testimony of the government’s policy of testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently, the total number of recoveries have outpaced the active cases by more than 17 lakh.

“The steadily falling COVID-19 case fatality rates stands at 1.84% as on date. There has been more than 100% increase in the recoveries in the last 25 days,” the ministry highlighted. “India’s recovery rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has reached 75.92%. The recovered patients are 3.41 times the active cases, as on date,” it said. 

With a record 66,550 patients recovering from COVID-19 in a day, the total recoveries have surged to 24.04 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 75.92%, while the active cases comprise only 22.24% of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. In a testimony of the government’s policy of testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently, the total number of recoveries have outpaced the active cases by more than 17 lakh.

“The steadily falling COVID-19 case fatality rates stands at 1.84% as on date. There has been more than 100% increase in the recoveries in the last 25 days,” the ministry highlighted. “India’s recovery rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has reached 75.92%. The recovered patients are 3.41 times the active cases, as on date,” it said.