No Positive Case in 325 Districts; Patient Recovery Rate at 12 Percent in India

As the nation entered the 19-day coronavirus-induced lockdown, after the first 21-day lockdown, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed that 325 districts in India have not reported any coronavirus case so far.
Earlier, yesterday the ministry identified 170 districts as COVID-19 hotspots and 207 districts as potential hotspots. Among the hotspots districts, or “red zones” – where either the number of cases or the rate of growth is high – 123 districts are with “large outbreaks” and 47 with “clusters”.
The health ministry, in its daily press briefing on Thursday, informed that the recovery rate of patients infected with coronavirus in the country is so far at 12.03 per cent while the fatality rate is at 3.3 per cent.
As on Thursday evening till five, the number of confirmed cases reach 12,759, with as many as 10,824 “active” cases in hospital and 1,514 others, who are cured, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
The toll in the country due to COVID-19, disease caused by the novel coronavirus, has rose to 420.
Indian Council of Medical Research official on Thursday informed that 2,90,401 COVID-19 tests have been conducted so far across the country, of which as many as 30,043 tests done were conducted in last 24 hours.