Coronavirus: India’s Active Covid-19 Cases Below 8 Lakh For First Time In 1.5 Months | Important Figures To Know

The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said that the total positive cases in the country today are 7,95,087, which comprise merely 10.70 per cent of the total cases.

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The Union Health Ministry on Saturday said that for the first time in one-and-a-half months, the number of active cases of Coronavirus fell below eight lakh and account for merely 10.70 per cent of the total cases. In a release issued today, the central government said that the total positive cases in the country today are 7,95,087, which comprise merely 10.70 per cent of the total cases. The Ministry further said that the active caseload was below the 8-lakh mark (7,85,996) last on September 1, 2020. As per the last data provided by the Centre, the nation at present reports a high number of recoveries. The total recovered cases have crossed 65 lakhs (65,24,595). The difference between active cases and recovered cases is consistently increasing and stands at 57,29,508 today. The national Recovery Rate has further grown to 87.78 per cent. The Health Ministry in its release further mentioned that in the last 24 hours, as many as 70,816 Coronavirus infected patients recovered and were discharged from the hospitals while 62,212 new confirmed cases were reported. As per the data, 79 per cent of these are from 10 States and UTs. It is to be noted that Maharashtra continues to be the worst hit COVID-19 state in the country as it is still reporting a very high number of new cases with more than 11,000 cases followed by Karnataka and Kerala with more than 7,000 cases each. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed high level Central teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. These States have been reporting a surge in the number of new COVID cases in the recent days.