Medics applaud a 98-yr old woman as she is discharged from the Government Medical College Hospital after recovering from COVID-19, in Rjouri, J-K, on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Photo
New Delhi, July 26 (PTI): As many as 36,145 patients have recuperated from COVID-19 in a span of 24 hours, the highest recorded in a day, pushing the recovery rate to 63.92 per cent, the Union health ministry said on Sunday.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further dropped to 2.31 per cent, the ministry said.
The total recoveries has surged to 8,85,576 so far, as India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 13,85,522 on Sunday.
More patients are recovering and their total number exceeds active coronavirus infections by 4,17,694.
"Recovered cases are 1.89 times the active cases," the ministry said.
Besides, for the first time a record number of more than 4,40,000 tests have been conducted in a single day.
Also, the number of tests for detection of the COVID-19 has crossed the 16 million mark in the country.
'With 4,42,263 samples being tested in the last 24 hours, the number of Test Per Million (TPM) has further increased to 11,805 and cumulative testing to 1,62,91,331,' the ministry said.
'For the first time, the government labs have set a new record of testing 3,62,153 samples.
'The private labs have also scaled a new high of 79,878 samples tested in a single day,' it said in the statement.
The Union government has advised all state and union territory governments to keep up with and effectively implement the strategy of 'test, track and treat'.
The aggressive testing, along with ramped up hospital infrastructure by combining public and private sector efforts, has enabled early identification and prompt triaging of COVID-19 patients leading to lower fatalities.
'As a result, the case fatality rate is progressively falling and currently, it is 2.31 per cent. India has one of the lowest fatality rates in the world,' the ministry said.
With 48,661 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 13,85,522 on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 32,063 with 705 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
