<span style="color: #222222;">The Government today said that the country's COVID-19 recovery rate has reached 88.81 per cent.<br />'' <br />'' In the last 24 hours, more than 61 thousand COVID patients have recovered.<br />'' <br />'' The Health Ministry said, the total number of recoveries has reached over 67.95 lakh.<br />'' <br />'' During the same period, 54,044 new cases were reported.<br />'' <br />'' The constantly increasing recoveries ensured that the actual caseload is considerably reduced and currently comprises only 9.67 per cent of the total positive cases.<br />''  <br />'' Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is 7.40 lakh with total number of positive cases at over 76 lakh.<br />'' <br />'' Currently, India's Case Fatality Rate is at 1.51 per cent, which is one of the lowest globally.<br />'' <br />'' In the 24 hour time, 717 deaths were reported in the country taking the toll to 1,15,914.<br />'' <br />'' According to Indian Council of Medical Research, more than 10.83 lakh tests were conducted during the last 24 hours.<br />'' <br />'' The total number of samples tested so far has reached 9.72 crore.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />