New Delhi: For the first time in more than four months, the coronavirus pandemic in India is showing signs of slowing down with the daily increase in the number of COVID-19 cases showing a marked decline.
India on Tuesday reported 61,267 fresh infections of the novel Coronavirus, taking the case tally to 66,85,082, health officials said.
This is the lowest daily spike in the number of COVID-19 cases since August 24, when 61,407 new coronavirus patients had come to light.
However, with Unlock 5 coming up from October 15, the reopening of movie theaters, swimming pools and educational institutions are set to be allowed. It is feared in several quarters that this may help in the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and lead to a spike in the number of coronavirus cases.
In terms of the daily rise in the number of COVID-19 cases is concerned, India has surpassed even the United States, which has been the worst affected by the coronavirus pandemic among the major countries.
After showing a decline for four consecutive days in the middle of last month, the coronavirus pandemic had registered an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases over the past couple of weeks.
However, the daily rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases has shown a marked decline over the opening week of October while the number of patients who have recovered from the coronavirus pandemic has increased.
Though the cases are increasing, the recovery rate is 84.34 percent in India which is less than Chile that has over 92 percent cure rate, while the US that tops the Covid-19 cases in the world has around 33 percent recovery rate.
The fatality rate has come down to 1.55 percent, the data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.
Of the 20 worst affected nations, India has the lowest mortality rate, while Mexico has the highest of 10.4 percent and the UK next at 8.8 percent, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Out of the total cases, 9,19,023 are currently active, 56,62,490 have been discharged, while 1,03,569 lost the battle against the viral disease.
Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 14,53,653 cases, including 38,347 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted 10,89,403 sample tests in a single day on Monday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 8,10,71,797.
Coronavirus graph in India:
Day Cases Deaths
Oct 6 61,267 884
Oct 5 74,442 903
Oct 4 75,829 940
Oct 3 75,628 1,069
Oct 2 81,214 1,095
Oct 1 86,821 1,181
Sept 30 80,472 1,179
Sept 29 70,589 776
Sept 28 82,170 1,039
Sept 27 88,600 1,124
Sept 26 85,362 1,089
Sept 25 86,052 1,141
Sept 24 86,508 1,129
Sept 23 83,347 1,085
Sept 22 75,083 1,053
Sept 21 86,961 1,130
Sept 20 92,605 1,133
Sept 19 93,337 1,247
Sept 18 96,424 1,174
Sept 17 97,894 1,132
Sept 16 90,123 1,290
Sept 15 83,809 1,054
Sept 14 92,071 1,136
Sept 13 94,372 1,114
Sept 12 97,570 1,201
Sept 11 96,551 1,209
Sept 10 95,735 1,172
Sept 9 89,706 1,115
Sept 8 75,809 1,133
Sept 7 90,802 1,016
Sept 6 90,632 1,065
Sept 5 86,432 1,089
Sept 4 83,341 1,096
Sept 3 83,883 1,043
Sept 2 78,357 1,045
Sept 1 69,921 819
August 31 78,512 971
August 30 78,761 948
August 29 76,472 1,021
August 28 77,266 1,057
August 27 75,760 1,017
August 26 67,151 1,059
August 25 60,975 848
August 24 61,407 836
August 23 69,239 912
August 22 69,878 945
August 21 68,898 983
August 20 69,652 977
August 19 64,531 1,092
August 18 55,079 876
August 17 57,981 941
August 16 63,489 944
August 15 65,002 996
August 14 64,553 1,007
August 13 66,999 942
August 12 60,963 834
August 11 53,601 871
August 10 62,064 1,007
August 9 64,399 861
August 8 61,537 933
August 7 62,538 886
August 6 56,282 904
August 5 52,509 857
August 4 52,050 803
August 3 52,972 771
August 2 54,736 853
August 1 57,117 764
July 31 55,079 779
July 30 52,123 775
July 29 48,513 768
July 28 47,704 654
July 27 49,931 708
July 26 48,661 705
July 25 48,916 757
July 24 49,310 740
July 23 45,720 1,129
July 22 37,724 548
July 21 37, 148 587
July 20 40,425 681
July 19 38,902 543
July 18 34,884 671
