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New Delhi : On a path of registering high single day recoveries, India touched another peak of posting the highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases in a single day on August 15, 2020, with 57,381 patients declared cured during the past 24 hours.
With such high level of recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has soared past 70% with more and more patients recovering. To further build on this achievement, 32 States/UTs have exceeded the 50% mark while 12 States/UTs have exceeded the national Recovery Rate. With more patients recovering and being discharged from hospitals and home isolation (in case of mild and moderate cases), the total recoveries crossed 18 lakh mark on August 15 (18,08,936). The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has increased and crossed 11 lakh (pegged at 11,40,716 on August 15).
This is a result of coordinated efforts of the Centre and State/UT governments which has led to a continuous increase in average daily recoveries. The active cases (6,68,220) compose the actual case load of the country. It is 26.45% of the total positive cases on August 15 registering further drop in the last 24 hours. They are under active medical supervision.
Focus on improved and effective clinical treatment at hospitals, supervised home isolation, use of non-invasive oxygen support, improved services of the ambulances for ferrying patients for prompt and timely treatment, upgradation of clinical management skills of doctors treating COVID-19 patients by active technical guidance through tele-consultation sessions of AIIMS, New Delhi etc., have resulted in seamless efficient patient management. This has ensured that India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is maintained below the global average. It is on a continuous positive slide and currently stands at 1.94%.
India’s TEST, TRACK, TREAT strategy has achieved another peak with 8,68,679 tests done in the last 24 hours. This has taken the cumulative tests to more than 2.85 crore, according to a PIB release.