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COVID-19 Cases India Updates: India’s recovery rate is 71.60 per cent.
New Delhi:
Coronavirus India Live Updates: India has logged 65,002 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours with 996 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday morning. The total number of cases in the country has now shot up to 25,26,192 with 49,036 deaths. A total of 18,08,936 COVID-19 patients have recovered from the infection, taking the recovery rate to 71.60 per cent, the ministry said on Thursday.
Here are the updates on coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
JustIn| Over 65,000 coronavirus cases in India in 24 hours, 996 deaths; 25.26 lakh total cases so far, over 49,000 deaths
Telangana has taken over 50 per cent beds in all private hospitals of the state and reserved them for coronavirus patients after the K Chandrashekar Rao-led government received as many as 1,039 complaints of malpractices by private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment, including overcharging. Read Here
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said that India has done its best to mitigate the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and that the country’s recovery rate among COVID-19 patients is the highest in the world while the fatality rate is the lowest. India, the second-most populous country in the world with over 130 crore people, is the world’s third worst-affected country by the pandemic after US and Brazil, reports PTI.
India has touched a new milestone with the highest number of COVID-19 tests in a single day so far, after a record high of 8,48,728 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tests to 2,76,94,416 on Friday, said the Union Health Ministry, reports ANI.
Telangana has taken over 50 per cent beds in all private hospitals of the state and reserved them for coronavirus patients after the K Chandrashekar Rao-led government received as many as 1,039 complaints of malpractices by private hospitals for COVID-19 treatment, including overcharging.
These beds, including those in super specialty hospitals, will be allotted through a government app, on which people can apply. The tariff charged will be as per the rates decided by the government.
The decision was taken under the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act.
“Private hospitals have failed to abide by the guidelines laid down by the government,” Telangana Health Minister Etela Rajender said after a meeting with representatives of private hospitals on Thursday. Read
Lav Agarwal, who has been leading the central government’s news conferences on COVID-19 over the last six months as joint secretary of the Union Health Ministry, has tested positive for the coronavirus, the bureaucrat announced on Twitter on Friday.
In a tweet, Mr Agarwal said that he is under home isolation as per COVID-19 guidelines after testing positive for the virus. He also urged all his colleagues to self-monitor themselves. Read
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the country is indebted to frontline workers who are helping tackle the coronavirus crisis, adding that this year’s Independence Day celebrations will be restrained because of the pandemic.
“This year’s Independence Day celebrations will be restrained as a deadly virus has disrupted all activities, taken huge toll,” President Kovind said in his televised address to the nation on the eve of India’s 74th Independence Day.
“It was a superhuman effort on part of the government to respond effectively in meeting the challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic. With these efforts, we gained control over the global epidemic and have succeeded in saving a large number of people’s lives, setting an example for the whole world,” he said. Read
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