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Tribune News Service
New Delhi, August 5
India today recorded the highest single-day recoveries in the last 24 hours even as the cases rose to 19,08,254 with 52,509 new infections in a day.
With 51,706 Covid-19 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the recovery rate has reached a new high of 67.19 per cent. A fortnight ago, it stood at 63 per cent.
Of the total cases, 12,82,215 have recovered, more than twice the active cases which now stand at 5,86,244.
With more patients recovering, there has been a 63.8 per cent increase in recovered cases in the last 14 days, indicating that the Covid-19 response and management driven by the Centre's test, track and treat strategy is working.
With consistent increase in recoveries, the gap between the number of recovered patients and active cases has reached nearly 7 lakh.
Due to the record highest daily recoveries, the active cases have reduced to 5,86,244 and all are under medical supervision. On Tuesday, the number of active cases stood at 5,86,298.
The death toll now has risen to 39,795, with the death rate dropping to 2.09 per cent.
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