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With 60k defeating COVID, India's recoveries top 2 mn

Rediff.com | 19/08/2020 08:45 PM | Click to read full article

With a record 60,091 people recuperating from coronavirus infection in a day, the total recoveries on Wednesday crossed 2 million pushing the recovery rate to 73.64 percent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate hit a new low of 1.91 percent.

The recoveries have surged to 20,37,870 in the country, while there are 6,76,514 active cases of COVID-19. A higher number of recoveries and declining fatality have shown that India's graded strategy has worked.

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