COVID-19 during a span of 24 hours, the entire number of such recoveries surged to 31,07,223 within the country, pushing the recovery rate to 77.23 per cent, the health ministry said on Saturday, while underlining that the “test, track and treat” strategy is showing tangible results.
The COVID-19 case deathrate has further dropped to 1.73 per cent, it added.
Five states account for 60 per cent of the recoveries. Maharashtra accounts for nearly 21 per cent, followed by Tamil Nadu (12.63 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (11.91 per cent), Karnataka (8.82 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (6.14 per cent), the ministry said.
“The highest ever single-day recoveries of 70,072 were recorded in 24 hours. With this high number of COVID-19 patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and residential isolation, the recovery rate is now 77.23 per cent. This has also led to the declining case deathrate, which stands at a replacement low of 1.73 per cent as on date,” it said.
Early identification through testing has led to a better daily number being reported, but surveillance and contact-tracing, alongside attention on a timely and appropriate clinical treatment of patients, have ensured a speedy recovery, the ministry said.
“The higher number of recoveries and therefore the declining deathrate have shown that India’s graded strategy has worked,” it underscored.
A total of 4,77,38,491 samples were tested for COVID-19 up to September 4, including 10,59,346 on Friday, the ministry said.
The country has posted quite 22.6 lakh recoveries than the amount of active coronavirus cases currently, it acknowledged.
There are 8,46,395 active COVID-19 cases within the country currently, which account for 21.04 per cent of its total caseload, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am stated.
India’s COVID-19 tally mounted to 40,23,179 with a record 86,432 cases reported during a day, while the price thanks to the disease climbed to 69,561 with 1,089 people succumbing thereto during a span of 24 hours, the info showed.