India has crossed the significant landmark of more than 80% national Recovery Rate. On a continuous stretch of high recoveries, India has also reported more than 90,000 recoveries for the third day in succession.

93,356 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours.12 States and UTs have registered Recovery Rate more than the national average.

The total recovered cases are close 44 lakh (43,96,399) today. India tops the global figure of total recoveries. It accounts for more than 19% of the world total.

76% of the new Confirmed Cases concentrated in 10 States/UTs.A total of 86,961 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. 76% of the new confirmed cases are concentrated in 10 States/UTs.

Maharashtra has alone contributed more than 20,000 and Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 8,000.

As many as 1,130 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours. 10 States/UTs account for 86% of the deaths in the last 24 hours due to COVID.

Maharashtra reported 455 deaths followed by Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh with 101 and 94 deaths, respectively.

Meanwhile, for appropriate management of COVID-19 cases, Government of India has advised State governments to set up a three-tier arrangement of health facilities exclusively for COVID. These are: COVID Care Center with isolation beds for mild or pre-symptomatic cases; Dedicated COVID Health Centre (DCHC) with oxygen supported isolation beds for moderate cases and Dedicated COVID Hospital (DCH) with ICU beds for severe cases. In order to prevent cross-infection from COVID cases to those being admitted for non-COVID illness, these beds shall not be put to use for the treatment of patients other than COVID. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare followed a graded approach and has guided states for accordingly expanding COVID-19 dedicated hospital infrastructure.

The states were advised to plan for the requisite number of isolation, oxygen supported and ICU beds, based on the prevalent and expected case growth rate. However, as the situation is dynamic, the bed utilization position changes day-to-day. The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the RajyaSabha yesterday.