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Covid-19 patients’ recovery rate climbs to 25.19% from 13% a fortnight ago

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By
Apr 30, 2020 05:20 PM IST

The current case fatality rate is 3.2% for Covid-19 in India, with 65 per cent of it being men and 35 per cent women, the health ministry data revealed.

India’s recovery rate of Covid-19 positive patients has steadily climbed to 25.19%, up from 13% which was the recovery rate of infected patients about fourteen days ago, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.

Although the global mortality rate of coronavirus patients is around 7 per cent, India’s mortality rate of 3 per cent extends hope for all those afflicted by the disease.(HT PHOTO.)
Although the global mortality rate of coronavirus patients is around 7 per cent, India’s mortality rate of 3 per cent extends hope for all those afflicted by the disease.(HT PHOTO.)

“A progressive trend in Covid-19 patients’ recovery rate has been noticed in the last few days. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stood at 630, taking the total number of people who have recovered to 8,324. The total recovery rate is at 25.19%. So the recovery rate of the country has increased from 13% fourteen days ago to over 25% currently,” Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry said at the daily news briefing.

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The current case fatality rate is 3.2% for Covid-19 in India, with 65 per cent being men and 35 per cent women, the health ministry data revealed.

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“As far as testing and treatment protocol is concerned we have to use RT PCR test only, according to government guidelines,” Aggarwal said.

Barely a day earlier, on Wednesday, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan had indicated that the country’s doubling rate of Covid-19 positive cases is now 11.3 days since the last three days, and the country’s mortality rate due to the highly infectious disease is around 3 per cent.

Although the global mortality rate of coronavirus patients is around 7 per cent, India’s mortality rate of 3 per cent extends hope for all those afflicted by the disease.

About 86 per cent of those Covid-19 patients who have succumbed to the deadly disease so far also had co-morbid conditions like acute diabetes and hypertension, the minister, who is a doctor himself had said.

In the last 24 hours, 1718 new coronavirus cases have been detected across the country taking the total number of positive cases to 33,050.The total number of active cases have climbed to 23,651. At least 1,074 people have succumbed to the highly infectious disease till date.

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