New Delhi:For the first time since the outbreak of coronavirus disease, India's tally of cured Covid-19 patients surpassed active cases in the country. While 1,35,205 patients were cured of the infection, the number of active coronavirus patients in India stood at 1,33,632 today with an overall recovery rate of about 49%, as per data released by the Health Ministry on Wednesday.
At least 279 died in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 7,745, according to the ministry data.
With 2,76,583 cases, India is now the fifth country most affected by the pandemic, since the first case was reported in January-end. It overtook Spain on Sunday, and is just 13,000 short of the UK tally of 2,90,581, according to data by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine.
Mumbai (with over 51,000) has tipped Wuhan (over 31,000) tally as Maharashtra''s corona cases stood at 90,787, which is more than 31 per cent of the national tally, followed by Delhi with 31,309, Tamil Nadu with 34,914 and Gujarat with 21,014 cases.
The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 7.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 411,177, according to Johns Hopkins University.