Corona tally crosses 6 lakh, deaths 17,834

NEW DELHI, July 2:  The total number of recoveries has fast outgrown the number of active COVID-19 cases, with the difference between the two being 1.32 lakh at present, the Union Health Ministry said today.
“Timely clinical management of COVID-19 cases has resulted in more than 10,000 daily recoveries. During the last 24 hours, a total of 11,881 COVID-19 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure to 3,59,859. This further takes the recovery rate to 59.52 per cent,” the health ministry said.
Currently, there are 2,26,947 active cases and all are under medical supervision.
India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 6,04,641 today, with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, while the death-toll rose to 17,834 with 434 new fatalities, according to the Union health ministry data updated at 8 am.
The top 15 States in terms of absolute numbers of COVID-19 recovered cases are Maharashtra with 93,154, Delhi (59,992), Tamil Nadu (52,926), Gujarat (24,030), Uttar Pradesh (16,629), Rajasthan (14,574), West Bengal (12,528), Madhya Pradesh (10,655), Haryana (10,499), Telangana (8,082), Karnataka (8,063), Bihar (7,946), Andhra Pradesh (6,988), Assam (5,851) and Odisha (5,353).
The top 15 States and Union Territories in terms of recovery rate are Chandigarh at 82.3 per cent, Meghalaya (80.8 per cent), Rajasthan (79.6), Uttarakhand (78.6), Chhattisgarh and Tripura (78.3 per cent each), Bihar (77.5), Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh (76.9 per cent each), Jharkhand (76.6 per cent), Odisha (73.2), Gujarat (72.3), Haryana (70.3), Ladakh (70.1) and Uttar Pradesh (69.1 per cent). (PTI)