New Delhi, July 10 -- With a total of 19,138 COVID-19 patients got cured in last 24 hours, the cumulative figure of recovered cases in India reached to 4,95,515 today, July 10. With this data, the recovery rate of India stood at 62.42 per cent today.

The increase in the recovery arte in India's COVID-19 cases is the result of combination of pre-emptive, proactive and graded steps taken by the government at the Centre in collaboration with the States and UTs, said the Union Health Ministry.

Adding further, it said, "Aggressive testing that ensures early detection of patients; home isolation for the mild/pre-symptomatic patients; effective clinical management of the severe cases through adequate hospital infrastructure which helps in time...