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New Delhi : During last 24 hours, a total of 2,350 Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients have been cured. So far, a total of 39,174 patients have been cured of COVID-19. This means a recovery rate of 38.73% amongst COVID-19 patients. The recovery rate is improving continuously. India currently has 58,802 active cases. These are all under active medical supervision. Of the active cases, only approx. 2.9% of the cases are in ICU.
In terms of case mortality per lakh population, India has so far about 0.2 deaths per lakh population vis-a-vis approx. 4.1 deaths per lakh population for the world as a whole, according to a PIB release. The relatively low death figures represent timely case identification and clinical management of the cases.
The status of deaths per lakh population for countries having the highest number of deaths, vide WHO situation report-119, is as follows:
| Countries | Total Deaths | Case mortality per lakh population |
| World | 3,11,847 | 4.1 |
| United States of America | 87180 | 26.6 |
| The United Kingdom | 34636 | 52.1 |
| Italy | 31908 | 52.8 |
| France | 28059 | 41.9 |
| Spain | 27650 | 59.2 |
| Brazil | 15633 | 7.5 |
| Belgium | 9052 | 79.3 |
| Germany | 7935 | 9.6 |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6988 | 8.5 |
| Canada | 5702 | 15.4 |
| Netherlands | 5680 | 33.0 |
| Mexico | 5045 | 4.0 |
| China | 4645 | 0.3 |
| Turkey | 4140 | 5.0 |
| Sweden | 3679 | 36.1 |
| India | 3163* | 0.2 |
A record number of 1,08,233 samples were tested on May 18, 2020, in the country. So far, a total of 24,25,742 samples have been tested. From one laboratory conducting COVID-19 test in January 2020, India has very rapidly increased its testing capacity by adding over 385 government laboratories and 158 private laboratories for testing in the country.