Covid tally set to cross 9 lakh, mortality rate slides to 2.6%

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 13

With a record daily surge of 28,701 cases on Monday, India’s Covid-19 load topped 8,78,254 and is all set to cross the nine lakh mark by tomorrow. The toll from the virus is now 23,174, with 500 dying over the past one day.

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However, in positive news, the mortality rate has dropped from 2.8 per cent 10 days ago to 2.64 per cent today, while the total recoveries rose to 5,53,470, as against 3,01,609 currently infected persons.

The national recovery rate as of now is 63.01 per cent with 18,850 people discharged in the past 24 hours. Ladakh with a recovery rate of 85.45 per cent tops the list of 19 states and UTs with cure rates better than the national average.

All northern states are on this list with Uttarakhand posting a cure rate of 78.77 per cent, Himachal 76.59 per cent, Haryana 75.25 per cent, Chandigarh 74.60 per cent and Punjab 68.94 per cent.

Ladakh with a mortality rate of 0.09 per cent is among the best in controlling the fatalities. Punjab, Haryana, HP are also among 30 states and UTs with the low fatality rate.

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