Data from John Hopkins University that has been collecting Covid-19 data globally, on Monday, in an announcement, showed that India now has the highest number of Covid-19 recoveries globally, as it surpassed Brazil. Even though India is at present, the country with the second-highest number of Coronavirus cases, it has managed to boost up the recovery process too.
The number of recovered patients is 3,780,107 in India, while it is 3,723,206 in Brazil. While the United States of America shows 2,451,406 recoveries, as per the data. USA, India, and Brazil are the three countries worst-hit by the virus.
On a global level, the total number of active cases of Covid-19 is 29,006,003, out of which 19 million people have recovered from the disease. India has a total of 4,846,427 active cases with 80,776 fatalities and 3,859,399 recoveries. The recovery rate of India stands at 77.99%.
The Union Health Ministry had made a statement on Monday that around 77,512 patients have been discharged in the last 24 hours. The total recovered cases are at 37,80,107. The gap between recovered cases and active cases is consistently increasing. This has touched nearly 28 lakhs today (27, 93,509) as stated by the Ministry.
The strict lockdown phase in India was from March 25-May 31, which marked the 4 stages of lockdown. The restrictions were lifted from June 1.
At present, the country is under its 4th stage of unlocking that began from September 1st and will continue till September 30. For this phase, various relaxations have been levied such as partial re-opening of educational institutions just for guidance and office work, and re-opening of the Metro services.
The Health Ministry also said on Monday, that over 60% of the Covid-19 cases are confined to 5 major states, namely – Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka. The Ministry said that India’s journey of a fast-growing recovery rate has crossed a milestone on Monday. On a continuous upward trajectory, the recovery rate has touched 78 percent, reflecting the increasing number of high recoveries per day as stated by the Ministry.
In an important announcement in the Parliament on Monday, Harsh Vardhan, the central health minister stated that there is a portfolio available having various therapeutic options accessible for the Covid-19 patients including 13 clinical trials of the repurposed drugs using a blend of traditional therapeutic knowledge with modern medicine.