New Delhi: India has managed to tame the new cases of coronavirus below the 50,000-mark, continuing with a downward trend, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). India reported less than 50,000 new daily cases for the ninth continuous day on 16 November. The single-day peak in coronavirus cases was reported on September 17 with 97,984 fresh cases of COVID-19 and since then India has been witnessing a decline in the caseload. The Union Health Ministry on Monday informed that the recovery rate has improved to 93.09 per cent as 43,851 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours in India. "India continued an unbroken trend of daily new recoveries outpacing daily new additions for the 44th day," the statement said.

Source: Mint November 17, 2020 03:33 UTC