The country is witnessing a steady fall in the number of active COVID cases incessantly for the past three weeks.
 
The number of patients infected by the Corona virus has been maintained below the 10 lakh mark by constant, active and effective intervention of the Health Ministry.
 
In the last 24 hours, with around 78 thousand recoveries the number of active cases has further declined to nearly eight lakh 93 thousand.
 
Out of the total reported cases only 12.94 per cent are currently reported to be under hospitalization.
 
The country continues to register steady growth in terms of COVID recoveries and has registered a cumulative recovery rate of 85.52 per cent.
 
With over 59 lakh recoveries so far, India also continues to occupy the top global position as the country with the maximum number of recovered Corona patients.
 
Health Ministry has said that the gap between recovered cases and active cases is progressively growing wide.
 
The number of recovered patients has also overtaken the active cases by nearly seven times.
 
Unprecedented surge in COVID Recoveries with more than 100 per cent increase in patients recovered and discharged in the last one month has also been reported.
 
Early identification through aggressive and wide scale testing, prompt and effective treatment in hospitals and supervised home as well as facility isolations have actively led to a high recovery rate in the country.
 
Currently, India’s Case Fatality Rate stands at 1.54 per cent. The country has progressively maintained a low Case Fatality Rate and stands at almost half of the current global average.
 
During the last 24 hours, 70 thousand 496 new cases were reported taking the total number of positive cases reported in the country so far to 69 lakh six thousand 152. In all, 964 deaths were reported taking the toll to one lakh six thousand 490.