New Delhi(Agencies): Early
detection and a timely clinical management of COVID-19 cases have resulted in
increasing daily recoveries, with the recovery rate of coronavirus patients
crossing 60 per cent in the country on Friday, the Union health ministry said.
The recovery rate of COVID-19
patients stands at 60.73 per cent, the ministry said as the number of India's
coronavirus cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time, taking the
country's tally to 6,25,544, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to
18,213 with 379 new fatalities.
"Early detection and
timely clinical management of COVID-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily
recoveries. During the last 24 hours, a sharp rise of recoveries was observed
with 20,033 COVID-19 patients having been cured, taking the cumulative figure
to 3,79,891," the ministry said in a statement.
Presently, there are 2,27,439
active coronavirus cases in the country and all are under medical supervision,
it added.
A high-level review meeting on
COVID-19 preparedness was held by the cabinet secretary with the states and
Union territories on Friday, the ministry said.
"Coordinated efforts at
all levels of government for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19
are showing good results with a consistently increasing gap between recoveries
and active cases," the ministry said.
As on date, there are 1,52,452
recovered COVID-19 cases in the country, which is more than the number of
active cases, it added.
In accordance with the
"test, trace, treat" strategy and with various measures taken
recently to remove all impediments to COVID-19 testing and facilitate
widespread testing by the states and Union territories, there has been a steady
rise in the number of samples tested for the disease every day, with close to
93 lakh tested till date, the ministry said.
According to the Indian
Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 92,97,749 samples were tested
for COVID-19 up to July 2, with 2,41,576 of those tested on Thursday.
This has also been possible
due to the ever-expanding network of testing laboratories in the country, the
ministry underlined.
The country currently has
1,074 laboratories for COVID-19 testing -- 775 government-run and 299 private
-- it said. PTI
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