Even as India's overall Covid-19 tally stood at 94,62,809 on Tuesday and the fatality toll touched 1,37,621, the Government claimed that among all the big nations in world, cases per million in the country at 211 cases/million are the lowest.Last seven days trends shows that European nations are witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases, said Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary.
Talking to reporters here he said that currently, there are 4,35,603 active cases, whereas 88,89,585 patients have been cured and discharged so far.
“The recovery rate stands at 93.94 per cent, and the fatality rate is 1.45 as per cent,” he said asserting that the timely steps initiated by the Government are delivering positive results.
According to the data available from the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra continued to be the worst-hit state with 18,23,896 cases till date. There are 91,623 active cases and 47,151 Covid-19 deaths.
According to the Ministry, over 70 per cent of the daily new cases are contributed by eight States and UT, i.e. Maharashtra, Delhi, Kerala, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh. While some States (Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh etc) have witnessed a decline in the active caseload in the past 24 hours, others such as Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam and Goa have reported an addition to their caseload.
The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 63 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.46 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The US is the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 1,35,36,216 and 2,67,987 respectively, according to the global data. India comes in second place in terms of cases.