Covid-19 recoveries reach over 48.4 lakh with recovery rate of 82.14%

The total number of recoveries from Covid-19 surged to 48,49,584 on Saturday with 93,420 patients recuperating from the disease in a day, which is more than the number of fresh cases recorded during the same period, the union health ministry said.

With the recovery rate rising to 82.14%, the ministry said India has maintained its top global ranking in total recoveries with such high successive single-day numbers. The health ministry said that the gap between recovered and active cases is continuously widening and that recovered cases exceed the active cases by nearly 39 lakh. There are 9,60,969 active coronavirus cases in India.