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New Delhi : A consistently increasing number of recoveries has pushed Recovery Rate of COVID-19 patients in India to nearly 75%. With the recoveries of 57,989 COVID patients in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries reached 22,80,566 on August 23, 2020. India’s total recoveries now exceed the total active cases (7,07,668) by nearly 16 lakh (1,572,898).
The average daily number of recoveries is on a constant upward move from 15,018 (1-7 July 2020) to 60,557 during the week of 13- 19 August 2020, according to a PIB release.
The constantly increasing recoveries have ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active cases, has reduced and currently comprises only 23.24% of the total positive cases. This has also resulted in gradually falling mortality rate. Currently at 1.86%, India’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is one of the lowest globally. It has been made possible because by comprehensive and sustained effectiveness of the Centre’s policy of TESTING aggressively, TRACKING comprehensively & TREATING efficiently.
Higher number of recoveries and declining mortality rate among COVID patients have shown that India’s graded and pro-active strategies are delivering results on the field.