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New Delhi : India’s COVID-19 recoveries crossed the peak of 1.5 million on August 10, 2020. Recovery of 15,35,743 patients has been made possible because of the policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively, and TREATING efficiently.
Better ambulance services, focus on Standard of Care, and use of non-invasive oxygen have given the desired results.With the highest ever single day recoveries of 54,859 in the last 24 hours, the Recovery Rate amongst the COVID-19 patients has scaled another high of almost 70%. The record high recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases has reduced and currently comprises only 28.66% of the total positive cases.
India has posted more than 9 lakh recoveries than the active cases (6,34,945).The coordinated efforts of Centre and State/UT governments on early detection through aggressive testing and efficient clinical management of hospitalised cases have shown results with continuously regressing Case Fatality Rate. It is 2%, as on date, and steadily declining. Early identification of cases has also led to steeply falling percentage active cases, according to a PIB release.
Maharashtra : Worst hit Maharashtra on August 9, 2020, reported 390 deaths, its highest so far in five months of the pandemic, while for the second day in a row, the state added over 12,000 Covid-19 cases. The cumulative death toll of the state stood at 17,757. With the addition of 12,248 cases, the overall Covid-19 tally has jumped to 5.15 lakh cases. In a silver lining though, the state reported more discharges than daily additions- a record 13,348 people were discharged on August 9, 2020, taking total discharges to 3,51,710.