With 48,962 COVID-19 positive cases in a single day
Total cases reached 13,36,874 in India . country recorded more then one lakh cases in just the last two days.
Meanwhile govt claimed The trend of highest ever single day recoveries of COVID-19 patients continues unabated. For the third day in a row, the last 24 hours have recorded another high with 34,602 patients recovering. This has significantly bolstered the total number of recovered patients to cross 8 lakh and currently stands at 8,17,208. This has strongly boosted the recovery rate to reach a new high of 63.45% among COVID-19 patients.
As a result of these constantly growing number of recoveries, the recovered patients outnumber the active cases (4,40,135 today) by 3,77,073. This difference is showing a progressively growing upward trend.the recoveries are improving and case fatality is continuously falling, which currently stands at 2.38%.
Of the confirmed cases, 63.44% have recovered, but active cases went up further to 4,57,387. Maharashtra (9,615 cases and 278 deaths) and Tamil Nadu (6,785 cases and 88 deaths) continue to contribute the highest increases. States such as Andhra Pradesh (8,147 cases, 49 deaths), Karnataka (5,007 cases and 110 deaths) and Uttar Pradesh (2,667 cases and 50 deaths) have also added substantially to the overall infections and fatalities.
The death toll in India is 31,413, the sixth overall among countries with the third highest daily rise (730 deaths on average in the last week) behind Brazil (1,056) and the U.S. (849).
The ICMR reported that 3,52,801 samples were tested on Thursday, adding to a total of 1.54 crore samples tested overall. But in terms of tests per million people, India continued to lag behind many countries with a high case load.