Ravish Mishra
There is heartening news on the coronavirus front in India revealed by the latest all-India data put out by the Indian government. The active cases in the country have been below 7.5 lakh for the second day running after having touched almost a million, and the case fatality rate has fallen to 1.51% as of October 21, 2020.

An Indian government press release reveals that the the Centre has advised States/UTs to aim at bringing down the Case Fatality Rate to below 1%. Presently 14 States/UTs are reporting Case Fatality Rate less than 1%.

With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day, India’s steady trend of posting a high level of daily recoveries also continues. 61,775 recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country whereas the new confirmed cases are only 54,044. This is when 10,83,608 tests have been conducted in the last 24 hours in the country.

India’s total recoveries stand at 67,95,103 today. Higher number of single day recoveries has resulted in a continuous increase in the national recovery rate, which is fast approaching 89% (88.81%).