He also praised healthcare professionals who are at the forefront of the battle against Covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. There are 668,220 active cases of Covid-19 and the number of people who have been cured of the viral disease has crossed the 1.8 million mark. “Remember the press conference when I said the recovery rate was 9%. Since then, there had not been a single day when the day’s recovery rate was not better than the previous day’s. India has seen 830,204 Covid-19 cases since the beginning of this month and has been reporting over 60,000 cases every day since August 7.

Source: Hindustan Times August 15, 2020 06:18 UTC