The country is witnessing a gradual trend of declining average daily COVID cases over the past five weeks.<br />'' <br />''The tally of new daily cases has recorded a downturn with the figures coming down from almost 90 thousand daily cases a month back to only around 55 thousand new cases being reported in the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />''The resultant positive effect is also seen in terms of sharp decline in number of active cases which currently stands at nearly 8,38,000.<br />'' <br />''With nearly 78,000 recoveries in the last 24 hours, only 11.69 per cent of the total reported cases in the country remain under hospitalization.<br />'' <br />''The number of recoveries in the country continues it's upward streak and is around 7.5 times the number of active cases.<br />'' <br />''The country continues to register steady growth in terms of COVID recoveries and has registered a cumulative recovery rate of 86.78 per cent.<br />'' <br />''With around 62.30 lakh recoveries so far, India continues to occupy the top global position in terms of number of recovered Corona patients.<br />'' <br />''The Health Ministry has said that the Centre in close collaboration with the State and Union Territories has adopted a graded strategy for COVID-19 management and public health response.<br />'' <br />''It said, sustained efforts of TEST, TRACK, TRACE, TREAT and TECHNOLOGY is progressively yielding encouraging outcomes in the country's fight against the pandemic.<br />'' <br />''The total positive cases reported so far in the country now stands at 71, 75, 881.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The case fatality rate at 1.53 per cent in the country stays at nearly half of the global average with 706 deaths being reported in the last 24 hours.</span><br />