NEW DELHI: Mukhtar Ahmad, a 107-year-old Delhi resident, is possibly the oldest person in the country to have won the battle against the deadly coronavirus. The centenarian resides in Central Delhi's Nawabganj locality along with his family.
He was admitted to Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital last month after been infected with the coronavirus. He was discharged after 17 days.
Ahmed reportedly contracted the COVID-19 infection from his son who was also hospitalised for treatment. After successfully recovering from the infection, Ahmad has been maintaining social distance from his family members and following the prescribed instructions of the doctors to stay safe.
The centenarian further claims that he has witnessed the pandemic that crippled the world in 1918.
In a good sign, the COVID-19 recovery rate in Delhi has gon up to 71.49%. India recorded over 22,752 new cases and 482 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to 7,42,417 with 20,642 deaths, the Health Ministry`s data revealed on Wednesday.
According to the data, out of total 7,42,417 cases, 4,56,830 have recovered while 2,64,944 remain active in the country. India is the third-worst affected country after the US and Brazil.
During the last 24 hours, 2,62,679 samples have been tested, as the testing lab network continues to expand. As on date, more than 1,115 labs have enabled people to undergo corona tests.
On Tuesday, the central government cited a World Health Organisation (WHO) situation report and claimed the country had one of the lowest coronavirus deaths and cases per million population. The recovery rate has surpassed 61 per cent, it added.
With a spike of more than 5,134 cases in just one day, Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state with cases reaching up to 2,11,987 and 9,250 casualties so far, of which 224 occurred in the last 24 hours.
Tamil Nadu remained the second-worst hit with a total of 1,18,594 cases, including 1,636 deaths. With 2,008 new coronavirus cases and 50 deaths in the last 24 hours, Delhi recorded a total tally of 1,02,831 and 3,165 deaths. The recovered patients in the city are almost three times that of the active coronavirus cases.
States with more than 10,000 cases include Gujarat with 37,550 cases and 1,977 deaths, Uttar Pradesh (29,968), Rajasthan (21,404), Madhya Pradesh (15,627), West Bengal (23,837), Haryana (17,999), Karnataka (26,815), Andhra Pradesh (21,197), Telangana (27,612) and Bihar (12,570) cases.
On the global front, the overall number of cases has increased to more than 11.7 million, while the deaths have soared to over 5,43,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
