NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 recovery rate rose to 63.13 per cent on Wednesday with a record 28,472 patients recuperating from the disease in 24 hours, while the case fatality rate further dropped to 2.41 per cent, the Union health ministry said.
According to the ministry data, recoveries have surged to 7,53,049 exceeding active cases of coronavirus infection by 3,41,916.
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- The health ministry said that effective clinical management of Covid-19 cases has led to an improvement in recovery figures while case fatality has been falling continuously. Case fatality rate has dropped to 2.41 per cent from Tuesday’s 2.43 per cent. It was 3.36 per cent on June 17.
- India registered 37,724 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday pushing the country’s Covid-19 tally to 11,92,915 while the death toll rose to 28,732 with 648 people succumbing to the disease in a day, the updated data showed.
- While the national recovery rate has improved, 19 states and Union territories are posting a recovery rate higher than the national average, the health ministry stated.
- India is responding with utmost urgency to coronavirus from the very beginning and has been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, WHO Regional Director (South-East Asia) Poonam Khetrapal Singh said on Wednesday.
- “India is responding with utmost urgency to COVID-19 from the start. It’s been continuously strengthening preparedness and response measures, including ramping up testing capacities, readying more hospitals, arranging and stocking up medicines and essentials,” Singh said at a virtual briefing.
- Air India (AI) has cut the pay of its cockpit and cabin crew with retrospective effect from April 1, 2020, till further orders. While the cash-strapped airline management says the reduction is about 40%, crew member say the same is much higher with pilots saying the cut is almost 85%.
- Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, i