While Infection Rate Is Rising In India, Our Rate Of Recovery Is Among The Best In The World
India might have entered the Unlock 2.0 mode, but the coronavirus cases continue to surge. The new figures show that the rate of infections is showing an upward trend, and so is the recovery rate.
India might have entered the Unlock 2.0 mode, but the coronavirus cases continue to surge. The new figures show that the rate of infections is showing an upward trend, and so is the recovery rate.
The country has crossed another grim milestone of 6 lakh mark after 19,148 fresh infections were reported in past 24 hours. According to health ministry figures, there were 2,26,947 active cases in India while 3,59,859 patients have recovered while total case count has gone up to 6,04,641. The death toll went up to 17,834, including 434 fatalities in 24 hours.
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Among the states, Maharashtra has the highest number of cases at 1,80,298, followed by Tamil Nadu at 94,049 and Delhi at 89,802.
Maharashtra has accounted for 8,053 COVID-19 related deaths, Delhi 2,803, Gujarat 1,867 and Tamil Nadu 1,264.
On the brighter side of things, India's recovery rate currently stands at 59.51%. And the gap between recovered patients to actives cases now stands at 1.32 lakh. The recovery rate of India is among the best in the world.
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According to medical research body ICMR, over 90.5 lakh samples have been tested so far across India for coronavirus as of July 1. And on Wednesday, over 2.2 lakh samples were tested for covid.
While the rate of recovery is cause for optimism, the rate of infection is increasing at alarming pace. India had recorded a jump from four lakh to five lakh in six days, and now a jump of another one lakh has taken just five days.
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It took India - the fourth worst-hit nation by the pandemic - 110 days to cross the one lakh-mark in coronavirus cases after Kerala reported the country's first COVID-19 patient in January. Since May 19, when the tally stood at 1,01,139 infections, a huge surge has been recorded in new patients every day.
The country crossed the 2 lakh-mark on June 3; it recorded 3 lakh total cases in the next 10 days. India had logged 4 lakh cases by June 21. On June 27, the tally stood at 5.08 total cases.
