With 83,341 fresh coronavirus infections in 24 hours, India's tally mounted to 39,36,747 on Friday, while the death toll climbed to 68,472 with 1,096 more fatalities, according to the data released by the Health Ministry.
While India, the third-worst hit country, is scripting new records for daily Covid-19 cases, it is yet to reach the peak to flatten the curve. The daily caseload is quite below the peak value- the day when they reported maximum cases, against every other country among the top 20 in terms of the case.
The three-day average of fresh cases in India stands at 77,387 on September 3, which was 92.3 percent of the peak of the 83,883 cases. However, this is the highest value that no other country among the 20 worst hits has reported yet. The highest peak of these 20 countries is said to have reached 80 percent.
Out of total confirmed cases, 8,31,124 are the active cases, while a total of 30,37,151 have recovered from the virus so far. With 66,659 recoveries in a day, the recovery rate has increased to 77.15 percent.
The number of patients recovering is on a steady rise over the past several months. As the daily recoveries increase, India has registered more than 60,000 recoveries each day, the eighth day in a row.
"Less than two percent of the active cases are on ventilators; two percent is in ICUs; and less than 3.5 percent are on oxygen support. This is due to early detection, early hospitalization and effective clinical management based on the Standard Treatment Protocol," the Health Ministry said.
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Maharashtra continues to be the worst-hit with a total of 8,43,844 cases and 25,586 deaths; followed by Andhra Pradesh with 4,65,730 cases and 4,200 deaths. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, and Bihar come next.
According to the data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India conducted a record 11,69,765 tests in a single day on Thursday, taking the total number of samples tested so far to 4,66,79,145.
On the global front, India still remains the third worst hit nation with the Covid-19 pandemic while the US and Brazil lead the board with 6,149,265 and 4,041,638 total cases, respectively. Currently, India is accounting for 30 percent of cases and 20 percent of deaths worldwide.
India is a lakh cases short of crossing Brazil.