Active Covid-19 cases in India fell below the 10-lakh mark after more than a lakh patients recovered in a single day.
The country added a little over 75,000 new cases in a matter of 24 hours—the lowest in three weeks — taking the total tally above 55 lakh in Asia’s third-largest economy, according to the Health Ministry’s update as of 8 a.m. on Sept. 22. This includes almost 45 lakh patients who have recovered and more than 88,000 deaths.
India recorded the highest number of single-day recoveries from Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Active cases, that have fallen below 10 lakh, now constitutes just 18% of the total case load. Recoveries make up 80% of the tally, while the fatality rate has dropped to 1.6%.
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