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On May 3, recovery rate was 81.7%, which has increased to 85.6% now. 4,22,436 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, the highest-ever for the country. A clear positive trend can be observed in #COVID19 recoveries: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry

8 States with more than 1 lakh active cases. 10 States with more than 50,000 -1,00,00 active cases and 18 States with less than 50,000 active cases: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secy, Ministry of Health on #COVID19

Case positivity rate at 14.10% in the country today: Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health

199 districts in the country showing continued decline in cases and positivity since last 3 weeks: Luv Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry

1.8% of total population of India has been affected by the disease so far. We have been able to contain the spread of the infection to under 2% of the population: Health Ministry on COVID19

The country reported over 2,63,000 daily cases in the last 24 hours. There has been a decrease of 27% from the highest peak of single-day cases India noted on May 7 (4,14,000): Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry

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