India's Covid-19 fatality rate declining progressively: Health Ministry

35,286 Covid-19 patients discharged in 24 hours till Wednesday morning in India

The total number of recoveries from Covid-19 is fast approaching the 1 million mark, while the case fatality rate has been falling progressively due to coordinated implementation of the 'test track treat' strategy by the Centre, states and Union Territories, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

India's Covid-19 case fatality rate (CFR) is lower than what it is globally. On Wednesday, the CFR stood at 2.23 per cent, the lowest since April 1, the health ministry said in a statement.

"Not only has the CFR been kept low, but successful implementation of effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardised clinical management protocols based on a holistic standard of care approach have in tandem resulted in a consistent trend of more than 30,000 recoveries per day for the sixth consecutive day," it said.

With 35,286 patients discharged in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the total number of recoveries has jumped to 991,205. The recovery rate among Covid-19 patients too has increased to 64.51 per cent.

The ministry said, "With such consistent increase in recoveries, the gap between the number of recovered patients and active Covid-19 cases currently stands at 4,78,582."

The number of active cases stood at 513,409 and they are under medical supervision.

India's Covid-19 tally climbed to 1,538,899 with 48,513 fresh cases recorded in a day, while the country's death toll due to the disease rose to 34,285 with 768 fatalities being reported in the same period, the health ministry data updated at 8 am showed.