The COVID-19 fatality rate in India has dropped from 3.13 per cent to 3.02 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Friday, adding that the authorities involved in tackling the infection are concentrating on containment measures and clinical management of cases.
"The recovery rate has improved to 41 per cent and the case fatality rate has improved to 3.02%", said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, health ministry, in his daily press briefing.
According to the ministry, as many as 3,234 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, and 48,534 people have been cured so far. There are a total 66,330 under active medical supervision, Agarwal said.
He said the growth rate of COVID-19 cases in the country has seen a steady fall from April 3. "The number of cases today would have been much higher had lockdown not been implemented,” he added.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Friday said a total of 27,55,714 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the country so far. Of these, 85,542 tests were done in 401 government labs while the rest 18,287 tests were done at 178 private labs.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in a country of 1.35 billion people, there are only 0.1 million cases of COVID-19. Vardhan, who took charge as the chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board on Friday, also said the mortality rate of the country is just 3 per cent.
“India faced COVID-19 in a proactive and pre-emptive way, with unmatched scale and determination. The recovery rate is above 40 per cent and doubling rate is 13 days,” he said.
