COVID-19: More than 1 million patients recovered in India, reported Health Ministry

July 30: Cases of COVID-19 are increasing day by day but keeping pace with that Rajesh Bhushan, Health Ministry reported that almost more than 1 million people have recovered and discharged till now.

“More than 1 million people have recovered from COVID-19 in the country. This landmark recovery has been achieved because of the selfless work and dedication of our doctors, nurses and frontline workers” ,Bhushan told.

It is a great achievement for India if the statistics of the patients recovered is accurate. Also the recovery rate has shown positive trends. It was 7.85 per cent in April and today it is 64.4 per cent, which is another great news.

In India some states have coped with the situation in such a way that the recovery rate has increased. Like Delhi has a recovery rate of 88 per cent, Ladakh 80 per cent, Haryana 78 per cent, Assam 76 per cent, Telangana 74 per cent, Tamil Nadu & Gujarat 73 per cent, Rajasthan 70 per cent, Madhya Pradesh 69 per cent and Goa 68 per cent.

Over 18,190,000 tests have been conducted in the country including RT-PCR and rapid antigen tests. There has been a week-on-week increase in average tests per day. India is conducting 324 test per 10 lakhs population per day. Also three vaccine candidates, are in phase 3 clinical trial. These three are in the US, UK and China. In India, two indigenously developed vaccine candidates are in phase I and II of clinical trials. Health Ministry is standing upright for positive results.