(G.N.S) Dt. 13
New Delhi
With 28,701 fresh covid-19 cases in India within just 24 hours, the toal cases has reached to 8,78,254 in the nation.
The health ministry’s dashboard showed 553,470 people have been cured of the viral disease, 18,850 between Sunday and Monday morning, taking the recovery rate to 63%.
There are 301,609 active cases of Covid-19 across the country. The death toll in India, the third worst-hit nation in the world, stands at 23,174.
Several states, including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Assam, have extended their lockdown curbs in hotspots in yet another attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease.
“India’s clinical protocol has focused on early detection through widespread testing, surveillance, prompt triaging and clinical management of cases,” Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday.
“This has resulted in one of the lowest case fatality rate of 2.66%. Our success can be seen in the recovery rate which is almost 63% with more than 5.3 lakh patients recovered,” he said.
