New Delhi: India, on Sunday, recorded biggest single day spike in covid-19 of 38,092 cases, taking the total caseload to 1,078782, Health Ministry reported.
According to Health Ministry, the fatality rate in the country is “progressively falling” which is currently at 2.49 percent, making it one of the lowest in the world. The ministry credited coherent management of hospitalised cases for it.
“The CFR is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.49 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world,” the ministry said.
With 542 deaths on Saturday, India has so far reported 26,816 casualties. While 3,73,379 are active patients currently, as many as 6.7 lakh patients have already recovered.
Maharashtra remains the worst affected state as it crossed the three-lakh mark on Saturday with Mumbai alone reporting over 1 lakh positive cases so far.
A few states including Bihar, West Bengal, Assam and Odisha have recorded a surge in coronavirus cases over the past few days. The Union Health Ministry has asked these states to make renewed efforts to curb the transmission of the virus.
According to the worldometer, a total number of 14, 450, 473 covid-19 cases have been reported worldwide. Among these, 8, 634, 808 have recovered while 605, 587 people have lost their lives to the virus.
The coronavirus have affected more than 210 countries across the globe. India remains the third worst effected country by the pandemic, only behind the US and Brazil.
