19 States have higher recovery rate: Centre
It says aggressive testing, timely diagnosis helped
The Union Health Ministry has advised people not to panic if they are diagnosed with COVID19, stating that “most people get better”. “Practise selfisolation and take medications that are advised,” the Ministry said on Monday, even as India’s COVID19 recovery rate now stands at 63.01% with 5,53,471 people having recovered in the country so far. “19 States in India have a higher recovery rate than the national average of 63.02% and 30 States have a lower fatality rate than the national average of 2.64%,” the Ministry said. The Ministry attributed the numbers to aggressive testing coupled with timely diagnosis, effective management of containment zones
and surveillance. “The norms and standards for care of home isolation along with the use of oximeters has helped keep a check on asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients without burdening the hospital infrastructure,” said the Ministry. It added that this graded policy had led to the recovery of 18,850 people in the last 24 hours, taking the total cumulative number of recovered cases among COVID19 patients to 5,53,470. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), during the last 24 hours, 2,19,103 samples were tested. The cumulative number of samples tested as of now is 1,18,06,256.
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