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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
27 JUN 2020 5:50PM by PIB Delhi
COVID-19 Updates

As a result of the collective, graded, pre-emptive and pro-active steps taken by Government of India in tandem with the States/UTs for prevention, the total number of recovered COVID-19 cases has fast outgrown the number of active COVID-19 cases.

The difference between recoveries and active cases is fast nearing 1 lakh. The recovered cases have exceeded the active cases by 98,493 as of today.

While the number of active cases stands at 1,97,387, the number of cured cases is 2,95,880. With this encouraging status, the recovery rate is touching 58.13% amongst COVID-19 patients.

The top 15 States in terms of absolute numbers of COVID-19 recovered cases are:

Serial No.

State/UT

Absolute Recoveries

1.

Maharashtra

73,214

2.

Gujarat

21,476

3.

Delhi

18,574

4.

Uttar Pradesh

13,119

5.

Rajasthan

12,788

6.

West Bengal

10,126

7.

Madhya Pradesh

9,619

8.

Haryana

7,360

9.

Tamil Nadu

6,908

10.

Bihar

6,546

11.

Karnataka

6,160

12.

Andhra Pradesh

4,787

13.

Odisha

4,298

14.

Jammu And Kashmir

3,967

15.

Punjab

3,164

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top 15 states in terms of recovery rate are:

Sr.

No.

State/UT

Recovery Rate

1

Meghalaya

89.1%

2

Rajasthan

78.8%

3

Tripura

78.6%

4

Chandigarh

77.8%

5

Madhya Pradesh

76.4%

6

Bihar

75.6%

7

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

72.9%

8

Gujarat

72.8%

9

Jharkhand

70.9%

10

Chhattisgarh

70.5%

11

Odisha

69.5%

12

Uttarakhand

65.9%

13

Punjab

65.7%

14

Uttar Pradesh

65.0%

15

West Bengal

65.0%

 

As a testimony to the ramped up testing facilities, India now has 1026 diagnostic labs dedicated to COVID-19. This includes 741 in the government sector and 285 private labs.

The break-up is as below:

•           Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 565 (Govt: 360 + Private: 205)

•           TrueNat based testing labs : 374 (Govt: 349 + Private: 25)

•           CBNAAT based testing labs : 87 (Govt: 32 + Private: 55)

The samples tested in the last 24 hours have further increased to 2,20,479. The total number of samples tested, as on date, is 79,96,707.

For all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA .

Technical queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19@gov.in and other queries on ncov2019@gov.in and @CovidIndiaSeva .

In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 (Toll-free). List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .

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MV/SG