Number of recovered patients exceeds active cases for the first time
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:11.06.2020
For the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak surfaced in India, the number of recovered patients has exceeded the total active cases with the health ministry on Wednesday recording 1,33,632 active cases, whereas 1,35,205 people have been cured so far, taking the total recovery rate to 48.99%.
“The recovery figures are reflecting better clinical management and timely detection enabled by ramped up testing and hospital infrastructure across the country,” a senior official said. The number of samples tested by ICMR crossed 50 lakh on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, ICMR tested 1,45,216 samples and has continued to ramp up testing capacity to detect infected persons.
However, new cases continue to rise amid easing of restrictions which were imposed under the lockdown. India reported close to 10,000 new instances of the infection in the last 24 hours till 8 am on Wednesday, pushing the cumulative case load to over 2.7 lakh. The return of migrants to their homes has also increased reporting of cases though the numbers are not a runaway trend as of now.
“Most cases are mild to moderate and will recover in home quarantine or maximum with oxygen support. Our focus is to reduce mortality and for that we need to take care of the elderly and those with co-morbidities,” the official said.
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