India for the first time since the start of the pandemic, has more recovered cases than active cases
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the number of recovered COVID19 patients in India have crossed the number of active cases.
As many as 5,991 patients were cured of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. This takes the total number of recovered patients to 1,35,205, while the total number of active cases is now 1,33,632. For the first time, the total number of recovered patients has exceeded the active cases. The recovery rate now stands at 48.88%. The total number of COVID cases in India is now 276583 with 9985 new cases and 274 deaths being reported in the last one day.
Central Teams are being deputed to provide technical support and handhold the State Health Departments in six cities of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai Kolkata, Delhi and Bengaluru.
Also, the number of tests conducted by ICMR has exceeded 50 lakhs; it stands at 50,61,332 today. In the last 24 hours, ICMR has tested 1,45,216 samples. ICMR has continued to ramp up the testing capacity for detecting the Novel Coronavirus in the infected persons. The number of government labs has been increased to 590 and private labs has been increased to 233 (a total of 823).
Central Teams are being deputed to provide technical support and handhold the State Health Departments and Municipal Health Officials to review public health measures being undertaken for COVID-19 in six cities of Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chennai Kolkata, Delhi and Bengaluru.
The teams will undertake visit to the cities mentioned within the next one week to review public health measures being undertaken for COVID-19. The teams will submit daily report of activities undertaken to State Health Department and the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. They will inform them regarding any issue of urgent importance and also submit a report of its observations and suggestions before concluding the visit.
