<p>India on Thursday crossed the grim landmark of 20 lakh Covid-19 cases, with Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting the highest single-day spikes in infections yet.</p>.<p>However, the actual case load – or patients under active medical supervision – was just over six lakh as 13.5 lakh persons had been cured and discharged from healthcare facilities.</p>.<p>According to a DH Covid-19 Tracker, India has 20,21,275 cases at 10:00 pm on Thursday, while the total deaths reported were 41,580. India has been adding more than 50,000 cases for the past nine days and a cumulative five lakh new cases since July 28.</p>.<p>On the brighter side though, the recovery rate has been increasing steadily for the past week with Wednesday reporting the highest ever discharges of – 51,706 – patients from healthcare centres.</p>.<p>“The recovery rate has continued its upward journey to reach another record high of 67.62% amongst Covid-19 patients,” a health ministry official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-unlock-30-rules-india-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bengaluru-chennai-ahmedabad-new-delhi-total-cases-deaths-recoveries-today-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-vaccine-updates-869265.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told a meeting of his counterparts from the south east Asian region that the containment strategy to check the spread of the virus has been successful in India.</p>.<p>He said 50% of the total cases in India were from three states and another 32% were from seven states.</p>.<p>“The spread of the virus thus has been contained,” the minister said at the virtual meeting organised by the WHO Regional Director for South East Asia.</p>.<p>Maharashtra reported the most number of new cases – 11,514 on Thursday followed by Karnataka (6,805) and Tamil Nadu (5,684).</p>.<p>India also stepped up testing for Covid-19 as it tested more than six lakh samples for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The ICMR, through its network of 1,370 laboratories, had tested 6,64,949 samples for Covid-19 on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“The cumulative testing as on date has reached 2,21,49,351. The Tests Per Million too have seen a sharp rise to 16,050,” the health ministry said.</p>
<p>India on Thursday crossed the grim landmark of 20 lakh Covid-19 cases, with Maharashtra and Karnataka reporting the highest single-day spikes in infections yet.</p>.<p>However, the actual case load – or patients under active medical supervision – was just over six lakh as 13.5 lakh persons had been cured and discharged from healthcare facilities.</p>.<p>According to a DH Covid-19 Tracker, India has 20,21,275 cases at 10:00 pm on Thursday, while the total deaths reported were 41,580. India has been adding more than 50,000 cases for the past nine days and a cumulative five lakh new cases since July 28.</p>.<p>On the brighter side though, the recovery rate has been increasing steadily for the past week with Wednesday reporting the highest ever discharges of – 51,706 – patients from healthcare centres.</p>.<p>“The recovery rate has continued its upward journey to reach another record high of 67.62% amongst Covid-19 patients,” a health ministry official said.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-unlock-30-rules-india-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-tamil-nadu-mumbai-bengaluru-chennai-ahmedabad-new-delhi-total-cases-deaths-recoveries-today-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-vaccine-updates-869265.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>Health Minister Harsh Vardhan told a meeting of his counterparts from the south east Asian region that the containment strategy to check the spread of the virus has been successful in India.</p>.<p>He said 50% of the total cases in India were from three states and another 32% were from seven states.</p>.<p>“The spread of the virus thus has been contained,” the minister said at the virtual meeting organised by the WHO Regional Director for South East Asia.</p>.<p>Maharashtra reported the most number of new cases – 11,514 on Thursday followed by Karnataka (6,805) and Tamil Nadu (5,684).</p>.<p>India also stepped up testing for Covid-19 as it tested more than six lakh samples for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The ICMR, through its network of 1,370 laboratories, had tested 6,64,949 samples for Covid-19 on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“The cumulative testing as on date has reached 2,21,49,351. The Tests Per Million too have seen a sharp rise to 16,050,” the health ministry said.</p>
