<span style="color: #222222;">The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 61149.<br />'' <br />'' Briefing media in New Delhi, Health Ministry official said, 42,298 people have recovered.<br />'' <br />'' He said, when lockdown started, the recovery rate was 7.1 per cent and it has now improved to 39.62 per cent.<br />'' <br />'' The official said, around 40 per cent of people who were found to be COVID-19 positive have now recovered.<br />'' <br />'' The official said, 62 people per lakh population of the world have been infected by COVID-19, while in India, the figure is just 7.9 COVID-19 cases per lakh population.<br />'' <br />'' He said, figures in 10 most infected countries range from 115 to 496.<br />'' <br />'' The Health Ministry official further said, overall, 4.2 people per lakh population have died due to COVID-19 but in India, number of deaths reported per lakh population is just 0.2.<br />'' <br />'' He said, nine countries have reported more than 10 deaths per lakh population.<br />'' <br />'' The official also said, Government's graded, proactive and pre-emptive approach, with focus on prevention, containment and management of cases has yielded relatively positive results.<br />'' <br />'' He said, comparing with 10 most affected countries, government found that six countries have reported more than two lakh COVID-19 cases with as high as 14 lakh cases in an individual country.<br />'' <br />'' He said, India has 1.06 lakh cases. The official said, while the deaths are a matter of grief, Government found that six countries have reported more than 10,000 COVID-19 deaths.<br />'' <br />'' He said, together with states and citizens, India has relatively been able to manage the situation, though the challenge still continues.<br />'' <br />'' The official said, among 61,000 active COVID-19 cases, only around 2.9 per cent are on oxygen support, three per cent in ICU and 0.45 per cent on ventilator.<br />'' <br />'' He said, it shows that focus on early identification and surveillance, leading to timely identification, enabled Government to improve outcomes.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Home Ministry official said, the Ministry has issued National Directives for COVID-19 Management for enforcement throughout the country during the 4th phase of Lockdown.<br />'' <br />'' She said, the State Governments have issued lockdown directives in their areas, on basis of assessment of local situation.<br />'' <br />'' She added that on the basis of Health Ministry guidelines, they are defining the red, orange, green, buffer and containment zones in their jurisdiction.<br />'' <br />'' Official of Indian Council of Medical Research said, 25.36 lakh COVID-19 tests have been done till noon today.<br />'' <br />'' He said, yesterday, for the second time, more than one lakh tests were done within a span of 24 hours.<br />'' <br />'' He said, there are 555 testing laboratories, 351 of them are in ICMR network.<br />''<br />''He said, 89,466 tests done in ICMR labs yesterday.</span>