India’s recovery rate approaches 30% even when cases reach the 50,000 mark



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India’s coronavirus recovery rate has increased to nearly 30% even as the total number of registered coronavirus infections reached 46,342 on Friday, the health ministry said. He added that there were 216 districts that had not reported new positive cases.

“In the last 24 hours, there were 3,390 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 1,273 recoveries. The recovery percentage is now 29.36%. So far, 16,540 patients have been cured and 37,916 patients are under active medical supervision, ”said Lav Agrawal, joint secretary of the ministry of health.

Agarwal said that 3.2% of patients under active medical care receive oxygen support, 4.7% are in ICU (intensive care unit) support and 1.1% of patients receive ventilator support.

Insisting on the need to ensure that Covid-free zones do not see new infections, Agarwal recounted data on the breakdown of exposure to coronavirus in the district.

“216 districts have not reported any cases. 42 districts have not reported a positive case for 28 days, 29 districts have not reported a new case since 21 days, 36 districts have not reported a new case of coronavirus in the last 14 days, and 46 districts have not reported a new case during 7 days, Agarwal said.

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