Number of recoveries 1.8 times more than active COVID-19 cases: Centre

The Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 86 per cent of the total number of coronavirus cases in the country are confined to 10 states adding that the fatality rate has come down while the recovery rate has improvedIndia is currently the thirdworst affected country in the world with 906752 coronavirus cases as on TuesdayEightysix per cent of the total cases are confined to 10 states Two of these account for 50 per cent of the cases Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu while eight other states have 36 per cent cases said Rajesh Bhushan Officer on Special Duty Ministry of Health and Family WelfareHighlighting another important aspect Bhushan said that the national fatality rate is 26 per cent which is significantly lower than the global average He said that assistance is being given to the states with high fatality rate through teleconsultationWe have started a special intervention On Tuesday and Friday a group of doctors from AIIMS engage with the ICU doctors of treating hospitals in other states through teleconsultation and try to resolve the problems that they are facing in saving critically ill patients he saidThe official said that there are 20 states whose recovery rate is more than the national average of 63 per cent Of these Tripura Chandigarh Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Himachal Pradesh Haryana Chhattisgarh Uttarakhand Delhi and Ladakh have a recovery rate of more than 70 per centFrom May 2 to May 30 there were more active cases Now the recovered cases are 18 times more than the active ones Bhushan said building further on his argumentThe Health Ministry official claimed that the country is conducting enough tests WHO says if you are testing 140 people per day per 10 lakh it would be indicative of comprehensive testing There are 22 states which are doing this he saidBhushan further said that the number of labs has increased At the start of the pandemic the country had 101 labs but now it has 1206 labs and 280 stations for rapid antigen testsMeanwhile the Indian Council of Medical Research ICMR said that the Drug Controller General of India DCGI has given clearance to two indigenous vaccine candidates for human trials Study is being done on 1000 volunteers each at different sitesThe vaccines have undergone successful toxicity studies in rats mice and rabbits Data was submitted to DCGI following which both these got clearance to start early phase human trials this month said ICMR Director General Balram BhargavaCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever