COVID-19 Recovery Rate in India jumps to 64.54%
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New Delhi, Aug 1: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed that India has achieved the milestone of more than 1 million recoveries which has taken the recovery rate to 64.54%. He said in the 19th meeting of the High-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 by a video-conference.
Firstly, the GoM was briefed on the current status of COVID-19 in India. The Minister who chaired the meeting stated, "India has achieved the milestone of more than 1 million recoveries which has taken the Recovery Rate to 64.54%. This shows that the active cases under medical supervision are only 33.27% or approximately 1/3rd of total positive cases. India’s Case Fatality Rate is also progressively reducing and currently stands at 2.18%, one of the lowest globally."
Today, I chaired the 19th high-level #GroupOfMinisters meeting to review, monitor & evaluate the evolving situation on #COVID19.
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) July 31, 2020
A presentation on the ground situation as well as the latest statistics w.r.t. #COVID was made & future strategies were drawn up.#GoM @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/AdJDPns8qT
Meanwhile, speaking about the increasing coronavirus crisis, he informed, "Out of the total Active Cases, only 0.28% patients are on Ventilators, 1.61% Patients needed ICU support and 2.32% are on Oxygen support". On the other hand, to detect the corona cases, the central government has ramped up the testing facilities. He said that as on date, through a network of 1331 labs (with 911- Government labs and 420 private labs), India has conducted a record 6,42,588 tests in the last 24 hours. This has taken the cumulative tests to more than 1.88 crores.
The GoM was also apprised of the ramping up of the domestic production capacities of various sectors for manufacturing PPEs, masks, ventilators, and drugs such as HCQ. In terms of healthcare logistics, cumulatively 268.25 lakh N95 masks, 120.40 lakh PPEs, and 1083.77 lakh HCQ tablets have been distributed to States/UTs and Central Institutions.
Dr. Sujeet K Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) presented the global comparison on daily cases, deaths & growth rates in the top 10 countries with the highest caseload. The GoM was briefed that the overall recovery rate for India is 64.54% with the highest recovery rate being recorded by Delhi at 89.08%, followed by Haryana (79.82%). Karnataka has the lowest recovery rate of 39.36%. GoM was apprised on the distribution of confirmed cases along with locality and active cases in the containment zones across rural and urban India.
Director NCDC also briefed the GoM on the growth rate in top 12 States (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Telangana, Bihar, Rajasthan, and Assam); a number of tests and tests positivity rate across the States/UTs; and the active cases & deaths in top 20 districts and containment zones across districts.
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, Shipping Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai were also present during the meeting.