INDIA’S COVID-19 RECOVERY RATE IS 98.75%, SAYS CENTRE - The Daily Guardian

Badar Bashir — May 27, 2022, 6:58 am

The cumulative tally of recovered patients in India, since the beginning of the Corona pandemic, stands at more than 42.6 million, with a recovery rate of 98.75%, says Ministry of Health and Family Welfare press release. Meanwhile, in the last 24 hours, 2167 patients have recovered.

India’s total COVID-19 vaccination coverage till 7 am on May 26 has exceeded 192.82 crore (1,92,82,03,555) as per provisional estimates. This phenomenal coverage was achieved through 2,43,56,591 sessions.

There is some respite in the weekly positivity rate in the country, says the press release, as currently the number of people affected with the disease stands at 0.51% and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 0.58%.

According to the Health Ministry release, “India’s active caseload currently stands at 15,414. Active cases now constitute 0.04% of the country’s total positive cases.

“COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12–14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.33 cr (3,33,02,653) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18–59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards,” informed the press release.

Over 4,52,580 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours. And India has so far conducted over 84.84 cr (84,84,11,356) cumulative tests.