India’s Covid-19 tally rises to 9,68,876 and total death is 24,915. Notably, 6,12,814 patients were recovered.
But still India have 3,31,146 active cases.
147 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Puducherry today, taking the total confirmed cases to 1,743, including 774 active cases, 947 recoveries and 22 deaths.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said India’s fatality rate is 2.57% and recovery rate is 63.25%. ‘Despite being such a largely populated nation, we can perhaps claim to have performed better than any other country,’ he said.
As many as 1,27,39,490 samples have tested for the virus till July 15, out of which 3,26,826 samples were tested on Wednesday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said.
The number of recoveries stands at 6,12,815, the data said. “Thus, around 63.25 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said.
Around the world at least 13,512,692 people have been infected while 583,359 have died so far, according to the latest tally by the John Hopkins University.
