In India, almost 70 per cent Covid patients recover with mild to no symptoms, Health Ministry has said.
New Delhi:
India’s daily COVID-19 cases rose by 45,674 taking its overall coronavirus tally past the 85 lakh mark, government data released this morning shows. The number of new Covid infections in the one-day period was 9 per cent lesser than Friday’s almost 50,000.
Coronavirus-related deaths also rose by 559 in this 24-hour period, taking India’s overall Covid fatality numbers – among the lowest in the world per million – to 1,26,121.
Active cases further dropped to 5,12,665 after a decrease of 3,967 in the last 24 hours. Total cured cases rose to 78.7 lakh with 49,082 people having fought off the disease successfully in the last 24 hours.
According to the health ministry, India’s Covid death rate slid marginally to 1.48 per cent for the first time in months. The government targets to bring the mortality rate to under 1 per cent and state-wise positivity rate to under 5 per cent as winter sets in.
Rising pollution amid lowering temperatures have worried experts and government agencies about a potential rise in infections that could be worse than the mid-September surge of an average 90,000 cases a day.
