COVID-19: India’s recovery rate at 92 percent

India’s COVID-19 caseload went past 83 lakh, while the number of recoveries surged to 76.56 lakh, pushing the national recovery rate to over 92 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Wednesday.

With 46,253 fresh infections, the total number of coronavirus cases in the country mounted to 83,13,876, while the deaths rose to 1,23,611 after 514 more fatalities were reported.

A total of 76,56,478 people have recovered from the infections so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.09 percent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.49 percent.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 remained below six lakh for the sixth consecutive day. There are 5,33,787 active cases in the country so far, which comprise 6.42 percent of the total caseload.