Covid cases' growth rate declining: Union Health Ministry

Briefing the country on the status of coronavirus, the Health Ministry said that there is a progressive decline in the daily growth rate of new Covid-19 cases.

Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, Ministry of Health further said that more than 5.71 lakh people have recovered so far.

He added that that 86% of the total cases of coronavirus in India are confined to 10 states. Two of these have 50% of these cases - Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu - and eight other states have 36% cases.

Rajesh Bhushan said, "Between May 2 to May 30, the number of active COVID-19 cases was more than recovered cases. After that, the difference between the number of active and recovered cases is rising. Today, the number of recovered cases is 1.8 times higher than the active cases."