With record 27,114 new Covid-19 cases in a day, India’s tally tops 8.20 lakh

The number of Covid-19 cases in the country mounted from seven lakh to eight lakh in just three days with more than 20,000 infections reported every day since July 1

Most of the infections have been reported from Maharashtra, which has the highest number of Covid-19 cases in the country with 238,461, followed by Tamil Nadu with 130,261 and Delhi with 109,140

Other states such as Gujarat with 40,069 infections, Uttar Pradesh with 33,700 cases and Karnataka with 33, 418 patients of the viral disease has also added to the country’s caseload

According to the health ministry’s dashboard, 19,873 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours pushing the number of recovered people to 515,385 and the recovery rate to 62.78%

The number of patients who have recovered from the viral infection has been surpassing that of coronavirus patients in the country since the second week of June

“Aggressive testing that ensures early detection of patients; home isolation for the mild/pre-symptomatic patients; effective clinical management of the severe cases through adequate hospital infrastructure which helps in timely triaging of the cases; ramped up hospital infrastructure in the country; and regular and seamless coordination between the Centre and States/UTs have together resulted in the continuously rising recovery rate in the country,” it added

According to the government, India’s case fatality rate or the proportion of death to the total number of cases has declined to 2.72% nationally and is lower than the rate in many other countries in the world