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NEW DELHI: Government today said that more than 70 % of the total Corona affected people in the country have been cured and discharged. The Union Health Ministry said the recovery of over 16,95,000 patients has been made possible because of the policy of Testing aggressively, Tracking comprehensively and Treating efficiently.

During the last 24 hours 56,383 people have been recovered. COVID-19 Recovery Rate has scaled another high of 70.77 per cent.

The Active cases has also reduced and currently comprises only 27.27 % of the total positive cases. The Ministry said, India has one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality globally with less than 2 % case fatality rate. It said as a result of supervised home isolation and effective clinical treatment, many States and Union Territories have lower than the national Case Fatality Rate.