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Business News/ News / India/  Covid-19: Recovery rate improves to 41.57%, says govt
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Covid-19: Recovery rate improves to 41.57%, says govt

A total of 57,720 people have been cured so far in India, says Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

An employee displays gate information for IndiGo as travelers wait in line at the drop-off point to enter Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, on Monday (Photo: Bloomberg)Premium
An employee displays gate information for IndiGo as travelers wait in line at the drop-off point to enter Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, on Monday (Photo: Bloomberg)

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday said the total recovery rate from coronavirus is 41.57% in the country.

"Through a graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach, Government of India is taking several steps along with the States/UTs for prevention, containment and management of Covid-19. These are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level," the ministry said.

A total of 57,720 people have been cured so far in India. In the last 24 hours, 3,280 patients were found cured. The The total number of confirmed cases is now 1,38,845 and the total number of cases under active medical supervision is 77,103.

Of the 154 deaths reported since Sunday morning, 58 were from Maharashtra, 30 from Delhi, 29 from Gujarat, nine in Madhya Pradesh, eight from Tamil Nadu, six from Uttar Pradesh, four from Telangana, three each from Rajasthan and West Bengal, two from Bihar and one each from Punjab and Uttarakhand.

Of the total 4,021 fatalities, Maharashtra tops tally with 1,635 deaths followed by Gujarat at 858 deaths, Madhya Pradesh at 290, West Bengal at 272, Delhi at 261, Rajasthan at 163, Uttar Pradesh at 161,Tamil Nadu at 111 and Andhra Pradesh at 56.

The death toll reached 53 in Telangana, 42 in Karnataka and 40 in Punjab.

Jammu and Kashmir has reported 21 fatalities due to the disease, Haryana has 16 deaths while Bihar has registered 13 and Odisha has seven deaths.

Kerala, Jharkhand and Assam have reported four deaths each so far.

Chandigarh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh each have recorded three COVID-19 fatalities each while Meghalaya has reported one fatality so far, according to the ministry data.

According to the ministry's website, more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities.

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Published: 25 May 2020, 05:38 PM IST
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