COVID-19 recoveries rise in India as five states account for 60% cases

India registered a record 81,533 COVID-19 recoveries on Saturday (September 12), taking the total recoveries to 36,24,196, even as it continues to battle an ever rising number of cases, primarily coming from five states.

The five states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh – also accounted for 60% recoveries, according to the Union health ministry.

Maharashtra has alone contributed more than 14,000 and Karnataka has accounted for over 12,000 to the new single-day recoveries, it highlighted.

Also, 60 per cent of the total cases were reported from the five states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh.

In other good news, India’s COVID-19 case fatality rate further dropped to 1.66 per cent while the recovery rate has risen to 77.77 per cent, the ministry said.

“With its focussed strategies and measures, India has been continuously reporting a high number of recoveries. The highest ever single-day recoveries of 81,533 have been registered in 24 hours,” the ministry said.

India’s COVID-19 caseload mounted to 46,59,984 with a record 97,570 infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 77,472 with 1,201 people succumbing to the infection in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Of the 97,570 new cases added in a span of 24 hours in the country, Maharashtra has contributed to more than 24,000 of the additional cases. Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka both have contributed to over 9,000 infections, it said.

In a span of 24 hours, 1,201 deaths have been registered with 36 per cent of deaths reported on Friday are from Maharashtra with 442 deaths, followed by Karnataka with 130 deaths.

Of the total deaths, 69 per cent fatalities are concentrated in five states and union territories of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Delhi.