{"id":15374,"date":"2020-10-17T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T09:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/?p=15374"},"modified":"2020-10-17T15:20:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T09:50:33","slug":"covid-update-india-crosses-a-significant-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/covid-update-india-crosses-a-significant-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Update: India crosses a Significant Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"qtranxs-available-languages-message qtranxs-available-languages-message-hi\">\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmakhani.com\/en\/\">\u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>\n<h1>Covid Update: India crosses a Significant Milestone<\/h1>\n<p>New Delhi, October 17<\/p>\n<p>India has leaped across a significant milestone in its fight against COVID. The active caseload of the country has\u00a0<strong>fallen below 8 lakh<\/strong>\u00a0for the first time after one and a half months.<\/p>\n<p>The total positive cases of the country today are\u00a0<strong>7,95,087.\u00a0<\/strong>They<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>comprise merely\u00a0<strong>10.70%\u00a0<\/strong>of the total cases<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>The active caseload was below the 8L mark (7,85,996) last on 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0September.<\/p>\n<p>With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day, India\u2019s steady trend of registering dipping active cases continues.<\/p>\n<p>India is also reporting a high number of recoveries. The total recovered cases have crossed 65 lakhs (<strong>65,24,595).\u00a0<\/strong>The difference between active cases and recovered cases is consistently increasing and stands at<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>57,29,508\u00a0<\/strong>today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>70,816 patients\u00a0<\/strong>have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new confirmed cases are\u00a0<strong>\u00a062,212.<\/strong>\u00a0The national Recovery Rate has further grown to\u00a0<strong>87.78%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enhanced countrywide medical infrastructure, implementation of the Centre\u2019s Standard Treatment Protocol by the States\/UTs, and total dedication &amp; commitment of doctors, paramedics and frontline workers have led to a persistent increase in the number of total recoveries with commensurate dip in the fatality rate. India is the only country with the highest recoveries and continues to have one of the lowest fatality rates globally. Today it stands at\u00a0<strong>1.52%.<\/strong>\u00a0These have in tandem resulted in consistent slide in the active cases.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/image002VQZO.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Image 2020-10-17 at 9.38.59 AM.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>78%<\/strong>\u00a0of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States\/UTs .<\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra contributes more than 13,000 to the single day recoveries followed by Karnataka with more than 8,000 recoveries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>62,212\u00a0<\/strong>new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><strong>79%\u00a0<\/strong>of these<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>are from 10 States and UTs. Maharashtra is still reporting a very high number of new cases with more than 11,000 cases followed by Karnataka \u00a0and Kerala with more than 7,000 cases each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>837\u00a0<\/strong>case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these,\u00a0<strong>nearly 82%<\/strong>\u00a0are concentrated in ten States\/UTs.<\/p>\n<p>Maharashtra \u00a0has reported the maximum single day deaths (306 deaths).<\/p>\n<p>The Centre continues to support the State and UT Governments in the collective fight against the global pandemic. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed high level Central teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal. These States have been reporting a surge in the number of new COVID cases in the recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The teams will support the State efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The Central teams shall also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u093e \u0915\u0930\u0947\u0902, \u092f\u0939 \u0938\u092e\u093e\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u0941\u0930\u094b\u0927 \u0915\u0940 \u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0909\u092a\u0932\u092c\u094d\u0927 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u092f\u0939\u093e\u0901 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u0947\u0902\u0964 Covid Update: India crosses a Significant Milestone New Delhi, October 17 India has leaped across a significant milestone in its fight against COVID. The active caseload of the country has\u00a0fallen below 8 lakh\u00a0for the first time after one and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1528,122],"tags":[8899,8985,8986,8987],"class_list":{"0":"post-15374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-covid-19","8":"category-news","9":"tag-corona-virus","10":"tag-covid-update-india-crosses-a-significant-milestone","11":"tag-positive-cases","12":"tag-recovery"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsnarad.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}