Over 15 lakh people beat Covid-19 in India, recovery rate reaches 70%

India’s Covid-19 recoveries have crossed 1.5 million, or 15 lakh, with a recovery rate of almost 70 percent, the government stated on Monday.

The country reported the highest ever single-day cases of Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours as 54,859 people beat the deadly contagion or were discharged from hospitals. The country registered 62,064 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours.

Total Covid-19 recoveries across the country now exceed the number of active cases by more than 9 lakh, the health ministry said on Monday.

As per the government data, the number of active cases of coronavirus has gone down in the country and currently accounts for 28.66 percent of the total positive cases.