The downward trajectory continues for India as it registers 45,149 new COVID 19 infections in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest figures the country has seen since July 23 when it registered 45,720 new cases. After struggling from a continuous spike in coronavirus cases for the past 3 months, the COVID situation is looking more containable than ever. The country also reported the lowest death with 480 death reported in the last 24 hours.
Although the total tally of coronavirus cases have crossed 79lakh all over the country, things have started to look better as the downward trajectory has continued for several days now. With the recovery rate staying high up and the mortality rate squeezing as well, things are looking quite positive after a hefty whammy of community transmission.
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India still ranks amongst the top 3 countries with the most coronavirus infections but has one of the lowest mortality rates as well which definitely gives an optimistic outlook.
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India reports lowest single-day COVID cases since July end: Key Points
- The number of active cases in the country continue to stay below the seven-lakh mark and are currently at 653,717 or 8.50% of the country’s overall caseload. Recoveries, meanwhile, crossed the 7.1 million mark to reach 7,137,228 after 59,105 more people--higher than new infections--recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
- India has cured a total of 71,37,229 coronavirus cases with 59,105 new discharges in the last 24 hours.
- The world’s second-most populous country also has the second-highest number of infections after the United States, which has around 8.1 million.
- "India has crossed landmark milestones in its fight against #COVID19. More than 70 Lakh patients have been cured and discharged so far. This has led to a surge in the national Recovery Rate, which leapt past 90%," said the union health ministry.
- India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 30 lakh on August 23 and 40 lakh on September 5. It went past 50 lakh on September 16, 60 lakh on September 28 and crossed 70 lakh on October 11.
- These latest numbers come at a time the country is opening up gradually, after four strict phases of nationwide lockdown between March 24 and May 31. However, with festival season around the corner, the government has warned the citizens to not get complacent or else there might be a rapid surge in new cases.
