Amid all the negativity about coronavirus pandemic that has created havoc across India as well as the world, there’s good news from some States here where the number of recovered Covid-19 patients has surpassed the number of active cases.
Active Covid-19 cases are the number of total coronavirus cases after deducting the number of recovered/discharged patients and fatalities count. Nationally too, the recovery rate is increasing steadily. About 32.63 per cent patients have recovered so far from coronavirus.
According to the Health Ministry's website, more than 70 per cent of the deaths are due to comorbidities.
The Southern State of Kerala has shown the best performance in managing the virus since day one. As on Friday, there are 64 active cases, while 493 people have been sent home after getting treated for the viral infection. It was Kerala where the first Covid-19 case in India was reported on January 30.
Haryana has registered 368 cases against 439 recovered cases while in Telangana 428 positive cases have been reported and 952 people have recovered.
Ditto in Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and a few other States and Union Territories.
In fact, in the last few days, India has seen more coronavirus recoveries than the rise in active covid cases. On Thursday, 1,849 patients were cured of Covid-19 while active cases went up by 1,739. The death toll from coronavirus complications rose by 134 to 2,549.
Overall, the total number of coronavirus cases in India climbed to 78,003, after registering new 3,722 cases in last 24 hours.
In Jammu Kashmir, 589 people were discharged and 469 are still under treatment while in Andhra Pradesh 1,252 have been recovered . Atleast 1,007 are still infected with the viral. 48 people have died so far in the State.
Similarly, Madhya Pradesh has reported 2,073 active cases against 2,283 treated cases. In Rajasthan, there are 1,886 active cases while 2,677 have gone home, according the data.
In a pandemic with a low mortality rate like COVID-19, the number of recovered cases must steadily exceed the number of active cases at some stage, provided the exponential growth of new cases is stopped, as per health experts.
