Record number of over 36,000 patients recovered from Coronavirus in a single day

Government has said that the highest ever recoveries of COVID -19 was registered in a single day and more than 36 thousand patients were discharged in the last 24 hours. This has taken the total number of recovered cases to eight lakh 85 thousand 576. 

The Union Health Ministry said the recovery rate has reached 63.92 per cent. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has further increased to over four lakh 17 thousand. The recovered cases are 1.89 times the active cases. The Ministry has advised all State and Union Territories governments to keep up with and effectively implement the strategy of Test, Track and Treat.

For the first time a record number of more than four lakh 40 thousand tests have been conducted in a single



day. With this, the number of tests per million has further increased to 11 thousand 805 and cumulative testing to over one crore 62 lakh. The Ministry said, for the first time, Government labs have set a new record of testing three lakh 62 thousand 153 samples. 

The private labs have also scaled a new high of over 79 thousand samples tested in a single day. The aggressive testing along with ramped up hospital infrastructure by combining public and private sector efforts has enabled early identification and prompt triaging of COVID-19 patients leading to lower fatalities. The Ministry said, the case fatality rate is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.31 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world.