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India's daily new COVID-19 cases continue to show steady decline, recovery rate at 97.20 %

New Delhi
February 9, 2021

India's COVID-19 daily new cases continues to manifest a sustained downward trend with only 9,110 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

As per the Health Ministry, the low number of daily cases and rising recoveries have ensured a sustained fall in the active cases as it has dropped to 1.43 lakh (1,43,625) today. "India's total active caseload has also dropped to 1.43 lakh (1,43,625) today. The active caseload now consists of just 1.32 % of India's total positive cases," the ministry said. Total cumulative recoveries stand at 1,05,48,521 today with 14,016 patients recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours. The difference between the recovered patients and the active cases continues to progressively grow and it is pegged at 1,04,04,896 today.

"With a consistent rise in cumulative recoveries, India's recovery rate has reached 97.25 %, one of the highest globally.
U.K, USA, Italy, Russia, Brazil and Germany have lower recovery rate than India's," it said. India's average daily deaths also continue to sharply decline. From a high of 211 in the second week of January 2021, average daily deaths have reduced to 96 in the second week of February 2021, registering a decline of 55 %. "India's case fatality rate (CFR) of 1.43 % is amongst the lowest in the world and the global average is 2.18 %," the ministry said.