In some respite, India's COVID-19 recovery rate has improved to 52.47 per cent and the country has more number of Covid-19 recoveries than active cases, the health ministry said.
Over ten thousand people were cured from Covid-19 or were discharged from hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health stated. It added as many as 10,215 coronavirus patients were cured in the last 24 hours. With this, the country's tally of cured patients has hit 1,80,012 patients till date.
India, so far, has reported 3,43,091 coronavirus cases and is the fourth worst-hit country in the world after the US, Brazil and Russia. The death toll in the country is reaching the 10,000-mark.
Maharashtra, has reported over one lakh cases and is the worst-hit state in the country. Financial capital Mumbai accounts for over 50 percent of the coronavirus cases in the state.
Tamil Nadu is at the second spot with 46,000 cases with Chennai reporting close to 70 per cent cases. National capital New Delhi is at the second spot with more than 42,000 cases, followed by Gujarat which has reported over 24,000 coronavirus cases till date.
In a meeting between prime minister Narendra Modi and state leaders and governors discussing the COVID-19 situation. PM Modi spoke about the recovery rate shooting past 50 per cent, a good sign for the country.
He reiterated that the impact of the pandemic has not been that huge in India as in other parts of the world.
"For us the death of even 1 Indian is unsettling but it is also true that India is one of the countries where mortality rate due to COVID-19 is lowest," the prime minister said.
During the meeting, the PM said it is impossible to even think of stepping out of the house without a face cover or a mask." ¡®Do gaj ki doori¡¯, frequent hand-washing and use of hand sanitiser are of utmost importance. With markets opening and more people stepping out, these precautions are even more important," he said.