At 92.8%, Delhi tops in Covid recoveries; Maharashtra fares well

NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and Kerala are among the states with the lowest Covid-19 recovery ratio (number of recoveries for every 100 cases). In these states, less than 80 patients were recovering from the infection on an average as on Friday, lower than the national average of 83.4%.


Delhi has the highest recovery ratio of 92.8% among all states and

Union territories

, except Andaman & Nicobar Islands where it is 95.4% (with a much lower population and caseload). Arunachal Pradesh, Ladakh and Tripura, with vastly lower caseloads, have a better recovery ratio as do Telangana, Maharashtra, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu — states with more cases. These states, along with UP and Assam, have a recovery ratio of more than 86%.

Uttarakhand has the lowest recovery ratio of 67.8%, followed by Sikkim (68.5%), Karnataka (70.6%), Himachal (72%), Goa (73.2%), Rajasthan (73.4%) and Kerala (78.3%). Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, J&K and Puducherry are others which have less than 75% recovery ratio.

In other states and UTs like Meghalaya, Punjab, Gujarat, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Haryana, Manipur, MP, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, the recovery ratio ranges between 80% and 85%.

Lower recovery ratio doesn’t necessarily mean a higher fatality rate (deaths per 100 cases). For instance, Punjab with a recovery ratio of 80.8% has the highest fatality rate of 2.4% among all states and UTs. It is followed by Sikkim and Uttarakhand with 1.8% and 1.6%, respectively.

Delhi and Maharashtra, with 1.5% fatality rate each, are among the top five states with highest fatalities. These two are also among the worst affected, with Maharashtra having 52.7 lakh confirmed cases so far and Delhi with 13.7 lakh. While Maharashtra still has the highest active cases of 5.3 lakh, Delhi had 78,000 active cases as on Friday.