Nearly 30k recovered in one day: Health min

NEWDELHI: As many as 29,557 Covid-19 patients have recuperated in the past 24 hours, the highest recorded in a day so far, taking the recovery rate to 63.18 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.

According to data updated at 8 am, total recoveries have surged to 782,606 and exceeded the active cases by 356,439 as on date.

The number of tests for detection of Covid-19 has also crossed the 15-million mark as the number of cases surged to 1,238,635 on Thursday.

A total of 1,50,75,369 samples have been tested up to July 22 with 3,50,823 samples being tested on Wednesday, ICMR officials said.

“One million tests were done in three days till Wednesday. The t esti ng capacity has been increased to around 4 lakh per day,” scientist and media coordinator at ICMR Lokesh Sharma said. “While the total number of recovered cases has jumped to 7,82,606, there has been appreciable growth in the recovery rate, which stands at 63.18 per cent,” the ministry said.

This accomplishment can be attributed to the central government-led COVID-19 management strategies, it said.

Sustained efforts by the Centre, states and union territories (UTS) are resulting in more effective containment, aggressive testing, and prompt and efficient clinical treatment strategies.

The Union Government continues to coordinate with the efforts of the states and UTS by sending central teams of experts to areas and hand-holding of COVID hospitals i n states through the tele-consultation programme led by AIIMS, New Delhi, the ministry said.

“These combined efforts have resulted in Case Fatality Rate being managed at low levels. It is 2.41 per cent, as on date, and steadily declining,” it said.