Number of recovered cases 1.75 times the active cases: Health Ministry

More than half of Covid-19 deaths in India are in the over 60 age group, which accounts for 10 per cent of the total population.

The health ministry said on Thursday that more than 80 per cent of Covid cases in India are concentrated in 49 districts. It ruled out the possibility of community transmission, even as the country registered the highest single-day spike of over 24,000 cases, taking India’s total count to over 767,000. 

Addressing a press briefing on Covid-related updates after almost a month, the health ministry also stressed that cases and deaths per million were among the lowest in India at 538 and 15, respectively, and the recovered cases were 1.75 times the number of active ones in the country. 

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