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Covid-19 Factoid: India has the world's second-best recovery rate

Recoveries still not beating new cases enough number of times in India, while Delhi seems to be losing its early gains

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A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a nasal sample from a girl for Covid-19 test at a health centre, amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi on Sunday.

Jyotindra Dubey New Delhi
The global count of coronavirus cases has now crossed the 26-million mark. Over 18 million people have recovered globally, while roughly 6.8 million remain infected. There have been over 863,000 deaths due to the virus worldwide, with two countries – the US and Brazil – accounting for more than one-third of it.

In India, there are now over 3.8 million reported cases, of which roughly 21 per cent, or over 801,000 cases, are currently active. At 66,333 deaths, India’s mortality rate is at 1.7 per cent, with Maharashtra the worst-hit state.

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