NEW DELHI, June 23: As COVID-19 fatalities in India crossed the 14,000 mark, the Centre today said the country has one death from the disease per lakh population and the mortality rate is among the lowest as against the global average of 6.04 while there was no let up in the surge in new cases.
The country recorded 14,000 plus Coronavirus cases for the fourth straight day as Delhi, the second worst affected State, witnessed the biggest single-day jump of 3,947 infections to take its tally to 66,602.
With the Union Health Ministry crediting India’s low COVID-19 mortality rate to timely detection of cases, extensive contact tracing and effective clinical management, the recovery rate also steadily improved and it was nearly 57 per cent.
A total of 2,48,189 patients recovered so far, while there were 1,78,014 active cases, according to the Ministry data. During the last 24 hours, a total of 10,994 COVID-19 patients have recovered.(PTI)
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