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1,54,28,170
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New Delhi(Agencies): For
the third day in a row, the number of COVID-19 recoveries in a 24-hour span saw
another record high, with 34,602 patients having recuperated pushing the
recovery rate to 63.45 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.
The case fatality rate has
further declined to 2.38 per cent, it said.
According to data updated at 8
am, the total recoveries have climbed to 8,17,208, while there are 4,40,135
active cases of coronavirus in the country at present, the ministry said as the
COVID-19 tally surged to 12.87 lakh.
India also saw a record
single-day spike of 49,310 cases while the death-toll mounted to 30,601 with
740 new fatalities, the data said.
The ministry said as a result
of constantly growing number of recoveries, the recovered patients outnumber
the active cases by 3,77,073. “This difference is showing a progressively
growing upward trend.”
Further, a cumulative total of
1,54,28,170 samples have been tested for COVID-19 up to July 23. On
Thursday, 3,52,801 samples were
tested.
“This translates to 11179.83 tests per million
(TPM) for India, which has seen a steady increase since the adoption of the
‘test, track and treat’ strategy,” the ministry said.
The rise in TPM has been
achieved with a steady rise in the number of labs (1290 so far), and efforts by
the Centre and state governments and union territorty administrations to
facilitate wide-spread testing through an array of options, it noted.
There are currently 897 labs
in the government sector and 393 private labs.
As for the country registering
increasing number of recoveries, the ministry said that efforts of states and
union territories are bolstered by the central teams of experts sent to high
case-load areas and through strategic discussions held by Central government
through video conferencing with state and district officials.
“With the dedicated efforts of healthcare
workers, the recoveries are improving and case fatality is continuously
falling, which currently stands at 2.38 per cent,” the ministry said.
The sustained rise in number
of recoveries is the result of a well formulated and executed strategy of
containment of COVID-19 by the state and union territory governments under the
guidance of the Union government.
It primarily focuses on early
detection through aggressive testing along with house-to-house surveys, contact
tracing and surveillance of SARI/ILI cases to actively search for cases in the
highly vulnerable categories. This is followed by effective containment plans
and efficient clinical management through the ramped up three-tier health
infrastructure and well executed standard of care protocol.
These have successfully aided
in effective treatment in the hospitals and through home isolation which in
turn has ensured that the hospitals remain unburdened for critical patients,
the ministry said. PTI
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