India has overtaken the United States of America to record the highest coronavirus recoveries in the world.

As per the latest figures by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, India has so far recorded 43,96,399 Covid-19 recoveries, which is the highest in the world.India's single-day recovery also outstripped the number of new infections as over 93,000 people recuperated from the novel coronavirus, while a single-day spike of 86,961 coronavirus cases was recorded, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday.The total caseload in India neared the 55-lakh mark on Monday.Of the total Covid-19 tally of 54.87 lakh, 43,96,399 have recovered, giving India a recovery rate of 80.12 per cent.The Union Ministry took to Twitter on Monday to say that India now occupies the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries.

“India reports more than 90,000 recoveries for the 3rd successive day.

Total recovered cases close to 43 lakh - highest in the world.

India's recovery rate crosses the landmark of 80%,” the ministry said.Here are the 12 states and UTs which have registered recovery rate more than the national average:As per Covid-19 pandemic figures on Worldometer, 22,835,563 patients have recovered globally out of over 31.24 million cases, which means that India constitutes over 19 per cent of the total recovered cases.India is followed by the United States (42.5 lakh recoveries), Brazil (38.5 lakh) and Russia (9 lakh).

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