Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary (Health), Amit Mohan Prasad on August 23 informed about the current status of COVID-19 cases and recovered people in the state.
The constantly rising number of recoveries has ensured that the active cases of coronavirus infection, which is the "actual caseload" of the country, currently comprises only 23.24 per cent of the total cases, it said.
India has the "best" COVID-19 recovery rate of about 75 per cent, which is improving every day, and the "lowest" mortality rate of 1.87 per cent in the world, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate is nearing 75 percent even as the daily rise in cases remains a matter of worry. A total of 21,58,946 people have recovered from the deadly virus.
New symptoms are being discovered and so are residual symptoms. Complications and threats involved with catching the infection are also evolving. The latest issue being witnessed and discussed is the Covid-19 re-infection.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had cut rates by 1.15 per cent in two moves since the onset of the pandemic in March this year in order to push economic growth, but surprised many by holding on to rates at the August review as inflation overshot its target.
With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation, the total recoveries have surged to 21,58,946 and exceeds active cases of coronavirus infection by 14,66,918 as on date.
Even as the daily coronavirus cases continue to shoot up, India's recovery rate has improved to 73.91 percent with 20,96,664 people overcoming the deadly virus across the country. Number of active cases is 6,86,395.
The number of coronavirus recoveries has reached nearly 21 lakhs nationwide as the country's recovery rate rises to nearly 74 percent.
A new dimension of the novel coronavirus is coming forward, reckons VK Paul of the NITI Aayog on post-recovery symptoms appearing in several COVID-19 patients. He further said that that there may be some impact later too.
Veteran playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam's son S P Charan, on Sunday, updated everyone about his health and informed that he is able to recognize people around him. As soon as the news of his better health came, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor took to Twitter and expressed his happiness through a tweet.
The coronavirus recovery rate in Delhi has improved to more than 90 per cent on Sunday, with 652 new cases and 1,310 recoveries being reported in the last 24 hours, authorities said.
Karnataka Home Minister said that the state government will take strict action against the persons who were involved in Bengaluru violence incident.
India's COVID-19 recovery rate soared past 70 per cent on Wednesday with 16,39,599 people having recuperated from the disease so far in the country, while active cases comprise 27.64 pc of the total caseload, the Union Health Ministry said.
The flurry of lockdowns across the country in many major cities and states interrupted the recovery in the second half of July, according to Rakesh Sharma, Executive Director, Bajaj Auto. "As a result the outcome in July was a bit lower than June retails," he added.
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh wished Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt a speedy recovery from lung cancer.
Bhajan samrat Anup Jalota, who also shares his birthday with actor Sanjay Dutt, wishes for the actor's speedy recovery from lung cancer.
India's recovery rate has crossed the 70 per cent mark despite over 60,000 cases being reported in the last 24 hours. As per latest figures issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there have been 60,963 new COVID-19 cases that have come to light in the last 24 hours while the death toll has risen by 834. This has taken India's overall case tally to 23,29,639 cases. Out of these, 16,39,600 people have recovered after contracting the virus while 6,43,948 people still find themselves positive.
Speaking at the inauguration of a hospital in Ambedkar Nagar, Arvind Kejriwal said in case the situation takes a turn for the worse, the government is fully prepared to deal with it. Delhi's COVID-19 case count stood at 1,44,127 on Saturday, according to government data.
Focused and effective efforts towards containment, testing, isolation and treatment by the Centre, states and Union Territories have resulted in the recovery rate rising to 68.32 per cent and fatality rate steadily declining to 2.04 per cent, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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