The Government on Wednesday said that with the number of Covid-19 patients recovering to 5,92,031, the recovery rate has climbed up to 63.24 per cent.
The actual case load of Covid-19 is only 3,19,840 active cases. “They are all under medical supervision. The norms and standards for Home Isolation along with use of oxymeters have helped to keep a check on the asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients without putting pressure on the hospital infrastructure,” said a statement from the Union Health Ministry here .
The surge in recovered cases is driven by aggressive testing, timely diagnosis and effective management of the patients either through supervised home isolation or under active medical attention in the hospitals.
The gap between recovered and active cases has been consistently growing. It stands at 2,72,191 today.
The number of recovered cases outweighs the active cases by a factor of 1.85.
Medical infrastructure in India to treat COVID-19 patients includes 1,378 Dedicated Covid Hospitals (DCH), 3,077 Dedicated Covid Health Centres (DCHC), and 10351 Covid Care Centres (CCC). They have a total of 21,738 ventilators, 46,487 ICU beds, and 1,65,361 Oxygen beds to treat Covid-19 patients.
The Central Government has distributed 230.98 lakhs N95 masks, 123.56 lakhs PPEs and 11,660 ventilators to States/UTs/Central institutions to ensure effective clinical management of Covid-19.