India Covid-19 Cases 56,342; Recovery Rate Improves

India’s count of COVID-19 cases on Friday rose to 56,342 including 1,886 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Currently, there are 37,916 active cases while 16,539 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured/discharged and one has migrated.

recovery rate of COVID-19 continued to improve and stood at 29.36 per cent but the growth in cases also continued to be on the higher side at 3,390 as the total number of positive cases on Friday rose to 56,342.

Of the total cases, the number of active cases stood at 37,916 and 16,539 patients have been cured/discharged.

There are 216 districts which have not reported any cases till date, 42 districts have seen no fresh cases in the last 28 days, while 29 districts have seen no fresh cases in the last 21 days, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health, said at the regular media briefing on the COVID-19 situation in the country.

He said a total of 36 districts have seen no fresh cases in the last 14 days, and 46 districts have seen no fresh cases in the last seven days.

Health Ministry said 1,273 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours taking the country’s recovery rate to 29.36 per cent.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan interacted with state Health Ministers of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana and reviewed the preparedness efforts and containment measures regarding COVID-19.

ANI