While India's COVID-19 Tally Has Crossed 40 Lakh, Over 31 Lakh Have Already Recovered
The recovery rate in the country is also improving. As of Saturday morning, around 31,07,453 COVID-19 patients have recovered.
With another record jump in daily COVID-19 cases, the coronavirus caseload in India has crossed the 40-lakh mark.
Saturday recorded the highest spike of 86,432 cases in the country so far, the third straight day when new heights were recorded.
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While the number of cases is predicted to rise further in the coming days there is still a glimmer of hope.
The recovery rate in the country is also improving. As of Saturday morning 31,07,453 COVID-19 patients have recovered. Which is 77.2 per cent of all the cases reported in the country so far.
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With more than 68,000 COVID-19 patients getting recovered in the past 24-hours on Thursday, India had touched the 30-lakh mark.
Over 68,000 recovered in one single day
Taking to Twitter, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan shared the data which stated that 68,584 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. He further also informed that the recovered patients have increased to more than 3.6 times the active cases.
As far as states with a high number of cases are concerned, Bihar, which has seen 1,44,134 cases so far has the best recovery rate at 87.7 percent.
Bihar is closely followed by Delhi which has a recovery rate of 87.4%.
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Tamil Nadu has also an impressive recovery rate of 86.9%, while the worst-hit state, Maharashtra has 72.5 percent.
India trying their best to curb death toll
Recently, a modelling study by a US-based institution has warned India could see 4,92,380 deaths by December 1 if it did not strictly enforce measures like wearing of masks and use of targeted lockdowns.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has given various projections of death rates, based on level of enforcement of restrictions.
"The latest IHME projection puts India¡¯s best-case scenario at, approximately 291,145 total COVID-19 deaths by December 1, up from 60,000 in late August," it said.
This projection assumes face mask usage levels reach 95 per cent and "six-week, state-level lockdowns are re-imposed if the daily death rate exceeds 8 per million in the state."
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The IHME study warns that easing of lockdown restrictions and existing levels of mask usage could see the figures spiking.
If lockdown restrictions continue to ease up and face mask usage remains at current levels, ¡°India can expect approximately 492,380 total deaths by December 1. In this scenario, 13 states would have more than 10,000 total COVID-19 deaths by that time," the IHME study stated.
Currently, only Maharashtra has recorded over 10,000 COVID-19 fatalities.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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