Coronavirus Outbreak: 1,718 New Cases Take Total Count To 33,610; Death Toll Rises To 1,075

The Health Ministry stated that while 1,718 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 630 patients have been cured during this period.

1,718 new cases were reported from across the country in the last 24 hours. (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health on Thursday revealed that the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has increased to 25.19 per cent, while the doubling rate of positive coronavirus cases has gone up to 11 days. As per the Health Ministry, 1,718 new cases were reported from across the country in the last 24 hours. While talking to media Lav Agarwal the Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, said, "Total cases in the country stand at 33,050. Of them, 23,651 are under active medical supervision. The recovery rate has improved from 13.06 per cent to 25.19 per cent in 14 days, which is a positive sign." Agarwal further shared the details related to the doubling rate, he said that before the nationwide lockdown was imposed, the rate of doubling of cases was 3.4 days, which has now increased to 11 days.

RT-PCR tests are available in 292 Government and 97 Private facilities across the country; 49,800 tests conducted on average in last 5 days: ⁦@MoHFW_INDIA⁩ #IndiaFightsCoronavirus pic.twitter.com/6zUyaHPMOD

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The Health Ministry stated that while 1,718 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours, 630 patients have been cured during this period. In total, 8,324 people have been cured so far, while 1,074 persons have succumbed to the dreaded virus. He also mentioned about the states/UTs which have reported better than the national average of doubling of cases, Agarwal said, "States whose doubling rate is better than the national average are Delhi (11.3 days), Uttar Pradesh (12 days), Jammu & Kashmir (12.2 days), Odisha (13 days), Rajasthan (17.8 days), Tamil Nadu (19.1 days) and Punjab (19.5 days). The states/UTs with the doubling rate of 20 to 40 days are Karnataka (21.6 days), Ladakh (24.2 days), Haryana (24.4 days), Uttarakhand (30.3 days) and Kerala (37.5 days).

Total no. of people with #COVID19 - 33,050

No. of people under active medical supervision - 23,651 In last 24 hours - 67 deaths, 630 recoveries No. of recoveries - 8,324, recovery rate - 25.19% - @MoHFW_INDIA #IndiaFightsCoronavirus — PIB India #StayHome #StaySafe (@PIB_India) April 30, 2020

Furthermore, the states with a doubling rate of above 40 days are Assam (59 days), Telangana (70.8 days), Chhattisgarh (89.7 days) and Himachal Pradesh (191.6 days). Agarwal stated, "The current mortality rate is 3.2 per cent of which 65 per cent are males and 35 per cent are females,". The Health Ministry has requested the states to ensure that non-Covid related essential services are provided to the people, including immunization, maternal and child health services, services to prevent communicable and non-communicable diseases, etc. On Thursday the active number of Coronavirus cases in India has reached 24,162. The number of deaths due to the infection in the country is now 1075. Maharashtra remains to be the worst-impacted state nearing 9915 cases. Gujarat and Delhi are the two of the other states that have been severely hit with more than 4,082 and 3,439 cases, respectively.