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New Delhi : India has recorded another landmark achievement. The national Recovery Rate touched 90% on October 25, 2020. A total of 62,077 patients recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases stand at 50,129. This achievement is matched by the downward spiral fall of the total active cases, which are maintained below the 7 lakh mark for the third successive day. A present the active cases comprise merely 8.50% of the total positive cases of the country standing at 6,68,154.
The total recovered cases also continue to rise. They are 70,78,123 so far. With increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases has crossed 64 lakh (64,09,969).Less than 1,000 deaths have been continuously reported for the last one week. The deaths are below the 1,100 mark since October 2, 2020, according to a PIB release.
75% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh.Maharashtra leads the tally with more than 10,000 single day recoveries.
Altogether 50,129 new confirmed cases were recorded in last 24 hours and 79% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Kerala continues to be the State reporting a very high number of new cases with more than 8,000 cases followed by Maharashtra with more than 6,000 cases. 578 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours of which nearly 80% are concentrated in ten States/UTs. Maharashtra has contributed the maximum to the new fatalities with 137 deaths.
India’s testing lab network inked another achievement on October 25, 2020. The total number of labs has crossed 2,000. Starting from one lab in Pune, the number of labs stands at 2,003 which includes 1,126 Government laboratories and 877 Private laboratories.