National recovery rate stands at 77.88 per cent, 37 lakh people recovered from COVID-19 so far

A complete of 37,02,595 people have recuperated from COVID-19 within the country thus far , with 58 per cent of the recovered cases being reported from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh , the Centre said on Sunday.

The same five states account for 60 per cent of total 9,73,175 active cases within the country.
The national recovery rate now stands at 77.88 per cent.

While Maharashtra has reported 17.2 pc recovered cases, Tamil Nadu has 13.1 pc, Andhra Pradesh 12.2 pc, Karnataka 7.9 pc and Uttar Pradesh 7.8 pc, the Union Health Ministry said.

Maharashtra continues to steer with quite 13,000 recoveries while Andhra Pradesh has contributed quite 10,000 to the single-day recoveries, it said.
A total of 78,399 recoveries are registered during a span of 24 hours within the country, consistent with the health ministry’s data updated at 8 am.

Of the 94,372 new infections that are reported in 24 hours, Maharashtra alone has contributed to quite 22,000 cases followed by Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka with quite 9,000 cases each, the ministry highlighted.

“Nearly 57 per cent of the new cases are reported from five states. These also are contributing 58 per cent of the new recovered cases,” the ministry underlined.

There are 9,73,175 active cases of COVID-19 within the country which comprises 20.47 per cent of the entire caseload, the info stated.

Maharashtra has quite 2,80,000 cases followed by Karnataka with quite 97,000 cases, the ministry said.

Maharashtra (28.79 pc), Karnataka (10.05 pc), Andhra Pradesh (9.84 pc), Uttar Pradesh (6.98 pc) and Tamil Nadu (4.84 pc) account for 60 per cent of total active cases within the country.

Also, 1,114 COVID-19 fatalities are registered during a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the utmost number of 391 deaths followed by Karnataka with 94 deaths, whereas Tamil Nadu has reported 76 deaths.