COVID-19: One In Two Coronavirus Patients In India Have Now Recovered

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in its routine media briefing in New Delhi today informed that with the curing of 7,419 people in the last 24 hours, the recovery rate of COVID-19 has reached 51.07 per cent in the country. A total of 1,69,798 people have been cured in the country.

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✅India’s #COVID19 recovery rate crosses 51%; improves to 51.08% as on June 15, 2020.

📍Steady improvement in India’s COVID-19 recovery rate since #lockdown initiation on March 25, 2020👇#IndiaFightsCorona@ICMRDELHI

Via @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/YLKz01Bw6x

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) June 15, 2020

At the same time, however, with over 11,500 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, the COVID-19 infections in India on Monday rose to 3.32 lakh. The death toll also crossed the 9,500-mak to stand at 9520 deaths.

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▪️ 3,32,424 total confirmed cases
▪️ 1,69,798 cases cured/recovered
▪️ 57,74,133 samples tested

Here’s the State-wise distribution of #COVID19 cases in the country (as on June 15, 2020)#IndiaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/xE5t6mRezJ

— PIB India (@PIB_India) June 15, 2020

This is the tenth consecutive day that India has reported more than 9,000 COVID-19 cases with a record number of new patients each day.

Maharashtra is the worst-hit state in India, followed by Tamil Nadu and Delhi.

Last week, cases in India surpassed those in the UK to become the fourth worst-hit country in the world behind the US, Brazil and Russia, according to figures compiled by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.

Maharashtra continues to be the epicentre of the outbreak in India, with the state’s death toll at 3,950 while the total number of patients has skyrocketed to 107,958, including 53,030 active cases.

Delhi’s COVID-19 count is now over 40,000, with 10,000 more cases in the last six days alone and 2,224 infections confirmed in the last 24 hours. The state’s death toll has reached 1,327, while the total number of patients has increased to 41,182, of which 24,032 are active cases.

The government said the virus infection has not entered the community transmission stage as the lockdown and containment measures have prevented a rapid spread.

Meanwhile, the Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that a total of 1,15,519 tests of coronavirus were conducted by various laboratories in the country during the last 24 hours. So far, 57,74,133 tests have been conducted.

ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories.

As of now, a total of 901 laboratories across India have been given the approval to conduct tests for Covid-19 including 653 government laboratories and 248 private laboratory chains.

from League of India