India's new coronavirus milestone: Recovery rate crosses 90 per cent

24 hour fatalities tally dropped to 578 after almost three months

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After 50,129 coronavirus infections were reported in a day on Sunday, with 24 hour fatalities dropping to 578 after almost three months, the Union healthy ministry tweeted that the country has recorded a new milestone: The recovery rate has touched 90 per cent. 

"The total active cases are maintained below the 7 lakh mark for the third successive day. Presently the active cases comprise merely 8.5 per cent of the total positive cases of the country standing at 6,68,154. The total recovered cases continue to rise. They are 70,78,123 so far. The gap between recovered cases and active cases has crossed 64 lakh. Less than 1,000 deaths have been continuously reported since the last one week. The deaths are below the 1,100 mark since October 2," the ministry stated.

The infection graph is certainly on a decline. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 10,25,23,469 samples have been tested up to October 24 with 11,40,905 samples being tested on Saturday.

The 578 new fatalities include 137 from Maharashtra, 59 from West Bengal, 55 from Chhattisgarh, 52 from Karnataka, 36 from Delhi and 35 from Tamil Nadu. Total 1,18,534 deaths reported so far in the country include 43,152 from Maharashtra followed by 10,893 from Tamil Nadu, 10,873 from Karnataka, 6,854 from Uttar Pradesh, 6,566 from Andhra Pradesh, 6,427 from West Bengal, 6,225 from Delhi, 4,107 from Punjab and 3,679 from Gujarat.

The health ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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