Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Monday said antibodies have been found in 14.8 per cent people in the second report of sero survey conducted in the state.

He called upon the doctors to put in more efforts to bring down the present fatality rate of Covid-19, currently at 1.06 per cent.For the second phase of the survey held on October 19 and 20, samples of 14,477 people from all districts were collected.In the first survey which was conducted in August, antibodies were found in 8 per cent people, which have now increased to 14.8 per cent this time.

Vij said in rural areas, 11.4 per cent antibodies were found, while in urban areas, it was 19.8 per cent.In urban areas, 40.2 per cent of the people had antibodies in Faridabad, 37.1 per cent of people in Yamunanagar and 36.3 per cent of people in Panipat.

India has achieved several significant milestones in its fight against COVID. The new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours have fallen under 40,000. The daily new cases stand at 38,310 after 15 weeks (105 days). The new added cases were 37,724 on 22nd July, 2020.In another achievement, the active cases have drastically declined below 5.5 lakh. The total positive cases of the country are 5,41,405 and now comprise merely 6.55% of the total cases.The slide in the active cases in supplemented by an exponential rise in the recoveries.

The total recovered cases have crossed 76 lakhs (76,03,121).The gap between active cases and recovered cases has crossed 70 lakh today and stands at 70,61,716.58,323 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours.

The national Recovery Rate has further escalated to 91.96%.80% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.Maharashtra is leading with more than 10,000 single day recoveries followed by Karnataka with more than 8,000 recoveries.74% of the new confirmed cases are from 10 States and UTs.Kerala, Delhi and Maharashtra have contributed the maximum to the new cases with more than 4,000 cases. West Bengal follows with more than 3,000 new cases.490 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these, nearly 80% are concentrated in ten States/UTs. Maharashtra has reported maximum single day deaths (104 deaths).India’s case Fatality Rate stands at 1.49%.