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NEW DELHI: As India continues to report its lowest single-day deaths due to COVID-19 since July, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), on Tuesday, October 27, said that the goal is to attain a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of less than 1 per cent and maintain it. The ministry additionally drafted out 14 states and Union Territories (UTs) which are logging CFR of less than 1 per cent till now. According to MoHFW, fatalities due to the novel coronavirus in India comprise 1.5 per cent of the total positive cases.
India had recorded its lowest fatality toll in one day at 475 on July 10. In total, 119,014 COVID deaths have been recorded in India due to COVID-19, the third-highest number world-wide after the United States of America and Brazil.
In a tweet, the health ministry said the steady decline in fatality rate was seen due to advanced medical infrastructure, active clinical management based on Standard Treatment Protocol, ability strengthening of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) doctors and use of non-invasive oxygen.
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