India's active Covid cases drop below 7 lakh

October 23, 2020 14:49

In a "significant milestone" India's active Covid-19 caseload has fallen below 7 lakh for the first time after two months, while the total recoveries have crossed 69 lakhs, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

The recovered cases are nearly 10 times more than the active cases, it said. The active caseload of the country has fallen below 7 lakh for the first time after two months (63 days), the ministry said.

The active caseload was below the 7-lakh mark (6,97,330) last on August 22. There are 6,95,509 active cases of coronavirus infections in the country as on date, which comprise merely 8.96 per cent of the total caseload, according to ministry data updated at 8 am.

"With a high number of COVID-19 patients recovering every day along with a steadily falling and sustained low mortality rate, India's trend of registering decreasing active cases continues," it underlined.

The total recovered cases have surged to 69,48,497 and exceed active cases by62,52,988as on date. The data stated that a total of 73,979 patients have recovered and were discharged in a span of24 hours, whereas 54,366 new infections were reported during the same period. The national COVID-19 recovery rate has further progressed to89.53 per cent. -- PTI

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