- Tuesday, December 24, 2024
By: indiaweekly.biz Staff
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that India’s recovery rate has improved to 41.61 per cent while the fatality rate remained the lowest in the world at 2.87 per cent now.
Addressing the press conference, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said ” India reported 0.3 per cent deaths per lakh population and the main reason for lowest fatality rate is lockdown in the country and how India prepared for it.”
India registered 6,535 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s Covid-19 tally to 1,45,380 on Tuesday. This includes 80,722 patients with the disease, 60,490 who have been treated and discharged and 4,167 deaths. Assam has emerged as one of India’s fastest growing states, in terms of cases, as migrants return to their home towns.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned the Centre’s action plan, saying the aim and purpose of the nationwide lockdown had “failed” as the intended results had not been achieved. “States are fighting a lonely battle. In Congress-ruled states, we have a strategy, but we cannot function without the national government,” Gandhi said, while interacting with the media.
The HRD Ministry is working with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to frame guidelines for schools, when the Home Ministry allows them to reopen. Older children of Classes 9, 10, 11, and 12 are likely to return first as they are better able to comply with rules on masks and social distancing.
Globally, nearly 5.5 million people have been infected with the novel coronavirus so far, including 3.4 lakh deaths.
