The total coronavirus cases rose to 10,03,832 after a record 34,956 fresh infections were reported in past 24 hours. The death toll rose to 25,602, including 687 in past 24 hours. India is the third country to report over 1 million cases after the US and Brazil.
According to the Union Health Ministry, India has 3,42,473 active COVID-19 cases, which is around a third of the country’s infection tally. Recoveries rose to 6,35,756 including a record number of 22,942 number of patients declared cured in 24 hours.
Govt also claimed As on date, the actual case load of COVID-19 patients in the country is 3,31,146. These contribute to a little more than a third (34.18%) of total cases detected so far. From mid-June 2020 after crossing the 50% mark in Recovery Rate, there is a steady increase in the recovered patients and decline in the number of active cases. 63.25% of the COVID-19 patients have recovered, so far. Simultaneously, there has been a steady dip in the active cases, from around 45% in mid-June 2020 to around 34.18%, as of now.A total of 20,783 people cured of COVID in the last 24 hours has taken the total number of recovered cases among COVID-19 patients to 6,12,814. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to 2,81,668. Only two states, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, constitute 48.15% of country’s total active case load. Of the total 36 states and UTs, only 10 States constitute 84.62% of the total active case load.
Maharashtra — the worst-affected state from the infection — has a total of 2,84,281 COVID-19 cases and 11,194 fatalities. Tamil Nadu has a tally of 1,56,369 cases and 2,236 deaths due to COVID-19 while Delhi has reported a total of 1,18,645 cases and 3,545 deaths due to COVID-19.
The testing lab network in the country is further strengthened with 1.234 labs in the country; 874 labs in the government sector and 360 private labs, the government said.
“As per the “Test, Trace, Treat” strategy, the Central Government is driving enhanced testing initiatives in State/UTs. As a result, there has been a steady rise in the number of testing labs across the country. The increased testing is in accordance with the ICMR Guidelines and has helped in early detection of cases,” the Union Health Ministry said.
