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India’s Covid-19 recovery rate nears 92%: Health ministry

India currently has 5,41,000 active cases and as many as 7,603,121 people have recovered from the viral disease so far.

Updated on: Nov 3, 2020, 18:52:58 IST
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India’s rate of recovery from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has improved to 92 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. Speaking about the milestone, health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that the country’s positivity rate is 7.4 per cent.

A man walks past a graffiti amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai. (REUTERS)
A man walks past a graffiti amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Mumbai. (REUTERS)

India currently has 5,41,000 active cases and as many as 7,603,121 people have recovered from the viral disease so far.

“Cases per million population are at 5,991. Covid-19 deaths are at 89 deaths per million population which is lower if compared globally,” said Bhushan.

“Weekly positivity rate is at 4.4% while daily positivity rate is at 3.7%,” he added.

India’s total caseload of the Covid-19 disease reached 8,267,623 on Tuesday after 38,310 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. It was the lowest single-day tally since last Tuesday when the country reported more than 36,000 cases in a day.

It was the lowest single-day count since mid-July. From a daily average of around 90,000, the number of cases has been falling steadily.

 
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