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NEW DELHI: Although the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase, the doubling time has slowed to 12.2 days in the last three days from 10.9 days in the last 14 days, Health Minister Harard Vardhan he said Tuesday, highlighting the need to improve surveillance and contact tracking in view of immigrants and expats returning home.
In the last 24 hours, 3,604 new cases were added, bringing the number of confirmed cases to 70,756. Of these, 22,455 people have been cured and 2,293 have died. Vardhan said the death rate was 3.2%, while the recovery rate progressively increased to 31.74%.
The doubling time had deteriorated last week after some states such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and the national capital of Delhi reported a significant increase in cases. On May 7, the health ministry reported a doubling rate of 10.2 days. After the significant change in doubling time, the health ministry assigned central teams to these areas to strengthen containment measures and help state governments control the spread of the disease.
Review of measures for the management of Covid-19 cases in Jammu and cashmere, Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh With junior health minister Ashwini Choubey, Vardhan called on states and UT to focus on surveillance, testing, contact tracing, and timely treatment of all returnees. He suggested that the Aarogya Setu app be mandatory for all returnees for better surveillance and proper medical interventions, the ministry said. Vardhan also emphasized increasing vigilance for severe acute airways. infections (SARI) and influenza-like illness (ILI), which will help identify hidden infections at an early stage.
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