New Delhi: The active caseload of coronavirus infection in India dropped below six lakh for the first time in nearly three months. The caseload comprises only 7.35 per cent of the total cases, the Union Health Ministry said Friday. The Health Ministry also asserted India has achieved a significant milestone in its fight against COVID-19. There are 5,94,386 active cases of coronavirus infection in India as on date. The active caseload was 5.95 lakh, August 6.
“Presently the active cases comprise only 7.35 per cent of the total positive cases of India standing at 5,94,386. This has strengthened its trend of steady decline,” the Health Ministry said.
The trajectory of the active caseload across different states and UTs has been diverse. It indicates their efforts and gradual progress in their fight against the global pandemic.
India has also sustained a high number of recoveries with 73,73,375 people having recuperated.
“India continues to be the topmost country with the maximum number of recovered cases globally. The difference between active cases and recovered cases is consistently increasing. Currently it stands at 6,778,989 as on date,” the ministry highlighted.
The ministry said that 80 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 states and UTs.
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Kerala has contributed the maximum with more than 8,000 to the single day recoveries followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka with more than 7,000 recoveries each.
India has performed well on fulfilling WHO’s advise of 140 tests/day/million population. In its Guidance Note on ‘Public Health Criteria to Adjust Public Health and Social Measures in the Context of COVID-19’ WHO has advised this strategy for comprehensive surveillance for suspected cases.
“In another row of achievements, 35 States and UTs have exceeded the advised number of tests. The national average of tests per day per million population stands at 844. The figure for Delhi and Kerala has exceeded 3,000,” the ministry said.
