NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in India Wednesday increased to 95.68 percent, the country’s federal health ministry said.
“Till now 9,663,382 patients have been cured and 289,240 patients are under active medical supervision,” the ministry said.
According to the federal health ministry, the constant increase in recoveries has ensured the reduction in actual caseload and currently, the total positive cases in the country are 2.86 percent.
During the last 24 hours, 23,950 fresh positive cases were reported in the country.
“While 23,950 persons were found positive in the past 24 hours, India has registered 26,895 new recoveries during the same period. A net decline of 3,278 cases has been recorded in the total active cases in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said.
Over 75 percent of the recovered cases were observed to be concentrated in 10 states.
“75.87 percent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states — Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka,” the ministry said.
“Kerala has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 5,057 newly recovered cases. 4,122 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 2,270 in West Bengal.”
Over 77 percent of the daily new cases are contributed by 10 states, including Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Delhi.
“Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,049. It is followed by Maharashtra and West Bengal with 3,106 and 1653 new cases respectively,” the ministry said.
India has progressively maintained a low Case Fatality Rate (CFR) compared to the global average. The national CFR has fallen to 1.45 percent.
During the last 24 hours, 333 deaths were reported across the country as Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties of 75.
Health officials say the successful implementation of test, track and treat strategy along with timely and appropriate treatment has led to the consistent slide in the fatality rate.
According to the health ministry, the number of recovered patients has overtaken active cases by more than 33 times.
Health officials said new daily cases continue to trend downwards with people remaining vigilant and resorting to appropriate behavior of wearing masks and washing hands.
Meanwhile, India’s federal health minister Harsh Vardhan Monday said the COVID-19 vaccine may be available in the country during January next year. The minister said the government’s priority has been the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and companies that have applied for emergency use authorization are being analyzed by the drug regulator.
The development of the COVID-19 vaccine is still in progress.
At present, there are six COVID-19 vaccine candidates in different clinical trial stages in India. The government has initiated a backend preparation for the largest immunization drive in the country.
On Wednesday morning the federal health ministry said the number of COVID-19 cases in the country has reached 10,099,066 and the death toll has risen to 146,444.
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