Over 50,000 Patients In India Recover From Covid-19 Infection, Recovery Rate Rises Past 41%

In a positive development, the number of individuals to have recovered from Coronavirus has crossed the 50,000 mark. With this, the recovery rate is 41. 39 percent.

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New Delhi: While Covid-19 cases continue to rise, more than 50,000 people in India have defeated Coronavirus as they recovered fully after being infected. According to the latest updates by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), the total number of people who have recovered after contracting the virus now stands at 51,784. With this, the coronavirus recovery rate in India is 41. 39 percent. With a total of 1,25,100 cases, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there now 69,597 active, 51,783 who recovered while 3,720 people have lost their lives to the deadly virus, including 137 in the last one day, which is 11 fewer deaths than 24 hours ago. The worst-hit state continued to be Maharashtra with 44,582 active cases, 1,517 people died while 12,583 people have recovered. In the past 24 hours 2,940 cases have come up while 821 new recoveries have occurred. Tamil Nadu is on the second number with 14,753 cases and 98 deaths while Gujarat is third with 13,268 cases and 802 deaths. Delhi has so far reported 12,319 cases with 208 fatalities and 5,897 people recovering from the disease. States with more than 5,000 cases each are Rajasthan (6,494), Madhya Pradesh (6,170) and Uttar Pradesh (5,735). Other major states and Union Territories that have reported more than 1,000 cases each are West Bengal (3,332), Andhra Pradesh (2,709), Punjab (2,029), Telangana (1,761), Bihar (2,177), Jammu and Kashmir (1,489), Karnataka (1,743), Odisha (1,189) and Haryana (1,067). States and UTs that have reported a significant number of corona cases are Kerala (732), Jharkhand (308), Chandigarh (218), Assam (259), Tripura (175), Chhattisgarh (172) and Uttarakhand (153). (With agency inputs) WATCH: Covid-19 cases in India cross 1.25 lakh, 137 dead in 24 hrs.