Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 30
For the first time since Covid-19 outbreak in India, the number of persons discharged outstripped the number of newly infected in the past 24 hours, explaining the government's decision today to begin unlocking the country in a phased manner outside of containment zones.
Though the daily case count surged to a record 7,964 today, number of cured persons rose even more sharply by 11,264 over the same period. India now has 1,73,763 cases, of which 86,422 are currently active and nearly an equal number—82,369—have been cured.
The total deaths as Lockdown 4 nears an end stand at 4,971 with the fatality rate of 2.8 per cent against a rapidly improving recovery rate of 47.40 per cent. Soon, half of all Covid-infected Indians would have cured, show trends.
"We had earlier said the lockdown-continuation decision would depend on our ability to manage the peak of Covid-19. With recoveries starting to rise rapidly, we foresee a situation where we will be in a position to contain the infection and achieve a balance of managing the disease and leading normal lives," said VK Paul, chairperson, Covid empowered group on medical management. Physical distancing, masks in public places, hand and respiratory hygiene would, however, have to become part of community behaviour, added Paul.
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