India recovery rate doubled since beginning of the Lockdown, but still half of the World Rate
Total Cases crosses 15000 mark
Bhubaneswar: India’s total number of Coronavirus cases has breached the 15000 mark as on Sunday morning.
As per the Health Ministry data, India’s total number of cases has climbed to 15712, which includes 12974 active cases. Active case means the persons who are currently under treatment.
Apart from this, India’s death toll has also breached the 500 mark and total number of recoveries has increased to 2230. If we put this in percentage terms India’s COVID19 related death rate is 3.2% and the recovery rate is 14.19%.
India’s recovery rate is constantly improving since the beginning of the lockdown. On March 24, the day when the nationwide lockdown was announced, India had 618 confirmed cases which include 562 active cases, 13 deaths and 43 recoveries. Before the beginning of the lockdown, India’s death rate was 2.1 % and the recovery rate was only 6.9% as compared to 3.2% and 14.19% currently.
India’s recovery rate is constantly improving since the beginning of the lockdown. On March 24, the day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced nationwide lockdown, India had 618 confirmed cases which include 562 active cases, 13 deaths and 43 recoveries.
Before the beginning of the lockdown, India’s death rate was 2.1 % and the recovery rate was only 6.9% as compared to 3.2% and 14.19% currently.
Worldwide the death rate is more than 6% and the recovery rate is 25%. So, while India’s death rate has increased, it is still way below the World average. Also, India’s recovery rate has doubled since the beginning of the lockdown, but it is still below the world recovery rate.
Worldwide, the total number of cases has crossed the 23 lakh mark as on Sunday 19th April. Out of the 23.32 lakh confirmed cases, 1.6 lakh people have died and almost 6 lakh people have recovered from the deadly virus. The United States has remained the global epi-centre of the contagion with 7.38 cases and 39014 deaths.