COVID-19: India’s Recovery Rate touches 78%

• There are 28 lakh more recoveries than active cases in the country
• Nearly 60% of the total cases are being contributed by five States – Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh
• Of the new deaths, nearly 53% are concentrated in three states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi, Sep 14: While the recovery rate has touched 78.00% in the country, nearly 53% of the new deaths are concentrated in three states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh.

In the last 24 hours, 77,512 patients have been discharged. The total recovered cases are 37,80,107. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is consistently increasing. This has touched nearly 28 lakh today (27,93,509).

The total number of active cases in the country stands at 9,86,598 as on date.

More than 60% of the Active Cases are concentrated in 5 States viz Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. These States are also reporting 60% of the total recovered cases.

92,071 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. Maharashtra continues to contribute a high number. In the last 24 hours, it has reported more than 22,000 new cases. Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 9,800 new cases.

Nearly 60% of the total cases are being contributed by five States viz. Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh.

1,136 deaths have been logged in the past 24 hours. Of the new deaths, nearly 53% are concentrated in three states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh. These are followed by Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh.

More than 36% of deaths reported yesterday are from Maharashtra (416 deaths).