Mandatory Credit: Photo by Dipa Chakraborty/Pacific Press/Shutterstock (10974033h) Hindu devotees wearing PPE perform the traditional dance of Dhunuchi in front of Hindu goddess Durga idol during Durga Puja Festival in Kolkata. About 90 per cent of Covid patients have recovered in India so far, the Health Ministry said this morning, adding that the country has logged over 78.64 lakh cases since the beginning of the pandemic. In the last 24 hours, the country reported 50,129 new infections; 578 deaths in a day have pushed the total Covid-linked fatalities to 1,18,534. India is the second worst-hit country in the world by the pandemic after the United States. The country reported its first case on January 30. Devotees perform traditional dance of Dhunuchi, Kolkata, West Bengal, India - 25 Oct 2020