<p>Early detection and a timely clinical management of Covid-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries, with the recovery rate of coronavirus patients crossing 60 per cent in the country on Friday, the Union health ministry said.</p>.<p>The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients stands at 60.73 per cent, the ministry said as the number of India's coronavirus cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time, taking the country's tally to 6,25,544, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 18,213 with 379 new fatalities.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"Early detection and timely clinical management of Covid-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries. During the last 24 hours, a sharp rise of recoveries was observed with 20,033 Covid-19 patients having been cured, taking the cumulative figure to 3,79,891," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Presently, there are 2,27,439 active coronavirus cases in the country and all are under medical supervision, it added.</p>.<p>The number of recovered cases exceeded that of the active cases by 1,52,452 as of Friday.</p>.<p>A high-level review meeting on Covid-19 preparedness was held by the cabinet secretary with the states and Union territories on Friday, the ministry said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-over-359-lakh-have-recovered-from-covid-19-so-far-indias-tally-spikes-over-606-lakh-toll-at-17852-856206.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"Coordinated efforts at all levels of government for prevention, containment and management of Covid-19 are showing good results with a consistently increasing gap between recoveries and active cases," the ministry said.</p>.<p>In accordance with the "test, trace, treat" strategy and with various measures taken recently to remove all impediments to Covid-19 testing and facilitate widespread testing by the states and Union territories, there has been a steady rise in the number of samples tested for the disease every day, with close to 93 lakh tested till date, the ministry said.</p>.<p>Follow: </p>.<p>According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 92,97,749 samples were tested for Covid-19 up to July 2, with 2,41,576 of those tested on Thursday.</p>.<p>This has also been possible due to the ever-expanding network of testing laboratories in the country, the ministry underlined.</p>.<p>The country currently has 1,074 laboratories for Covid-19 testing -- 775 government-run and 299 private -- it said.</p>
<p>Early detection and a timely clinical management of Covid-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries, with the recovery rate of coronavirus patients crossing 60 per cent in the country on Friday, the Union health ministry said.</p>.<p>The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients stands at 60.73 per cent, the ministry said as the number of India's coronavirus cases soared by over 20,000 in a day for the first time, taking the country's tally to 6,25,544, while the death toll due to the disease climbed to 18,213 with 379 new fatalities.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates.html" target="_blank">CORONAVIRUS SPECIAL COVERAGE ONLY ON DH</a></strong></p>.<p>"Early detection and timely clinical management of Covid-19 cases have resulted in increasing daily recoveries. During the last 24 hours, a sharp rise of recoveries was observed with 20,033 Covid-19 patients having been cured, taking the cumulative figure to 3,79,891," the ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>Presently, there are 2,27,439 active coronavirus cases in the country and all are under medical supervision, it added.</p>.<p>The number of recovered cases exceeded that of the active cases by 1,52,452 as of Friday.</p>.<p>A high-level review meeting on Covid-19 preparedness was held by the cabinet secretary with the states and Union territories on Friday, the ministry said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-over-359-lakh-have-recovered-from-covid-19-so-far-indias-tally-spikes-over-606-lakh-toll-at-17852-856206.html#1" target="_blank"><strong>For latest updates and live news on coronavirus, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"Coordinated efforts at all levels of government for prevention, containment and management of Covid-19 are showing good results with a consistently increasing gap between recoveries and active cases," the ministry said.</p>.<p>In accordance with the "test, trace, treat" strategy and with various measures taken recently to remove all impediments to Covid-19 testing and facilitate widespread testing by the states and Union territories, there has been a steady rise in the number of samples tested for the disease every day, with close to 93 lakh tested till date, the ministry said.</p>.<p>Follow: </p>.<p>According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 92,97,749 samples were tested for Covid-19 up to July 2, with 2,41,576 of those tested on Thursday.</p>.<p>This has also been possible due to the ever-expanding network of testing laboratories in the country, the ministry underlined.</p>.<p>The country currently has 1,074 laboratories for Covid-19 testing -- 775 government-run and 299 private -- it said.</p>