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New Delhi : Focused and effective efforts of containment, testing, isolation and treatment by the Centre and State/UT governments have resulted in increasing percentage recovery rates and steadily falling Case Fatality Rates (CFR).
Effective surveillance and improved testing network have ensured early detection of cases and consequentially leading to timely clinical management of the severe and critical cases. Compared globally, India has one of the lowest cases per million at 1,469 as against the global average of 2,425.
Coordinated implementation of “Test Track Treat” strategy by the Union and State/UT governments has ensured that the CFR has been low when compared to the global scenario and it has continued to fall progressively. The Case Fatality Rate was 2.04% on August 8, 2020.
With focused efforts to reduce mortalities due to COVID-19, India has registered one of the lowest deaths per million at 30 as compared to the global average of 91 deaths per million, according to a PIB release.
There has been a sharp increase in COVID-19 recoveries. With 48,900 patients discharged in the last 24 hours, India’s total recoveries from COVID-19 has reached 14,27,005. The recovery rate, on a steady upward rise, stands at 68.32%.
The active cases, which are the actual case load for India at 6,19,088 as on August 8, 2020, account for 29.64% of total positive cases. These are under medical supervision either at hospitals or in home isolation.
Expanded diagnostic lab network and facilitation for easy testing across the country has resulted in India testing total of 2,33,87,171 samples for COVID-19 infection and 5,98,778 tests were conducted in last 24 hours. The Tests Per Million has seen a sharp increase to 16,947 on August 8, 2020.