NEW DELHI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients has risen to 88.81 percent in India, the federal health ministry said Wednesday.

"Till now, 6,795,103 patients have been cured and 740,090 patients are under active medical supervision," the ministry said. "The recovery rate is now 88.81 percent."`

During the last 24 hours, 54,044 fresh positive cases and 717 deaths were reported in the country.

The health ministry said the active cases were below the 750,000 mark for the second successive day.

"Successful implementation of test, track and treat strategy along with timely and appropriate treatment has led to the consistent slide in the fatality rate. The national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) has fallen to 1.51 percent today," it said.

"The centre (federal government) has advised states to aim at bringing down the CFR to below 1 percent. Presently 14 states are reporting Case Fatality Rate less than 1 percent," the ministry added.

Health officials said India has progressively maintained a low CFR compared to the global average.

Globally India is the second worst-hit country by the COVID-19 pandemic. The health ministry reported Wednesday that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 7,651,107 with 115,914 deaths. Enditem

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