COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 55.48 per cent

The Union Government today said that the recovery rate reached to 55.48 per cent in the country and a total of two lakh 27 thousand 756 people affected with corona virus have been cured so far. During the last twenty-four hour, 13 thousand 925 people have recovered from Covid-19. Presently, the total number of active corona cases in the country is one lakh 69 thousand 451.
 
Health and Family Welfare Ministry said, a total of 15 thousand 413 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to four lakh 10 thousand 461. This is the highest number of cases registered in a single day since the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country. In one day, a total of 306 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 13 thousand 254. With this, the case fatality rate reached to 3.22 per cent in the country.
 
Meanwhile, Indian Council of Medical Research, ICMR said that a total of one lakh 90 thousand 730 tests of corona virus samples were conducted by the various laboratories in the country within 24 hour. This is the highest number of tests conducted by the laboratories in a single day. So far, 68 lakh seven thousand 226 tests have been conducted.
 
ICMR is continuously scaling up its testing facilities for Covid-19 by giving approval to government and private laboratories. As of now, total 981 laboratories across India have been given approval to conduct the test for Covid-19 including 722 government laboratories and 259 private laboratories’ chains.