Coronavirus cases crossed 81,000 on Friday increasing by 3,967 cases

India’s count of coronavirus cases crossed 80,000 on Friday increasing by 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours as the total recovery rate improved to 34.06 per cent. The total number of COVID-19 positive cases stands at 81,970 with 2,649 deaths while there are 51,401 active coronavirus cases. Health Ministry said that 27,920 people have been cured. The ministry said that 1,685 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours taking the total recovery rate at 34.06 per cent. Maharashtra continues to account for the largest number of COVID-19 cases with the total count at 27,524. A total of 6,059 patients have been cured/discharged and 1,019 have died. The 15th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held at Nirman Bhawan, here under the chairmanship of Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. A detailed presentation was made on the present status of COVID-19 cases globally and within the country. Worldwide the total number of COVID-19 positive cases stand at 42,48,389 with 2,94,046 deaths and the fatality rate pegged at 6.92 per cent, whereas in India, the fatality rate is 3.23 per cent.