During health ministry briefing, Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Ministry of Health said, "Between May 2 to May 30, the number of active COVID-19 cases was more than recovered cases. After that, the difference between the number of active and recovered cases is rising. Today, the number of recovered cases is 1.8 times higher than the active cases". Union Ministry of Health said in its briefing that in May, the recovery rate of India was around 26 percent which rose to 48 percent by May end and further increased to around 63 percent by July 12 in the country. Recovery rates in 20 states are higher than the national recovery rate, they said. Ministry of Health in a briefing on Tuesday said that 86% of the total cases of coronavirus in India are confined to 10 states. Two of these have 50% of these cases - Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu - and eight other states have 36% cases.

Secretary ( Health) Rajesh Bhushan says there is a there is a progressive decline in growth of new cases in the country.The current situation is that there are 657 cases per million population in India, compared to 1,638 in the rest of the world. Death per million population in India is 17.2, compared to 73 in the rest of the world. The maximum deaths per million population is 660 in the U.K., he adds.The daily growth rate of new cases has reduced from over 35% around March 22 to 3.24% on July 12, he says.

During health ministry briefing, Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Ministry of Health said, "Between May 2 to May 30, the number of active COVID-19 cases was more than recovered cases. After that, the difference between the number of active and recovered cases is rising. Today, the number of recovered cases is 1.8 times higher than the active cases". Union Ministry of Health said in its briefing that in May, the recovery rate of India was around 26 percent which rose to 48 percent by May end and further increased to around 63 percent by July 12 in the country. Recovery rates in 20 states are higher than the national recovery rate, they said. Ministry of Health in a briefing on Tuesday said that 86% of the total cases of coronavirus in India are confined to 10 states. Two of these have 50% of these cases - Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu - and eight other states have 36% cases.

Secretary ( Health) Rajesh Bhushan says there is a there is a progressive decline in growth of new cases in the country.The current situation is that there are 657 cases per million population in India, compared to 1,638 in the rest of the world. Death per million population in India is 17.2, compared to 73 in the rest of the world. The maximum deaths per million population is 660 in the U.K., he adds.The daily growth rate of new cases has reduced from over 35% around March 22 to 3.24% on July 12, he says.