NEW DELHI : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday that the recovery rate of Covid-19 patients has increased to 25.19 per cent, while the doubling rate of positive coronavirus cases has gone up to 11 days.
As per the Health Ministry, 1,718 new cases were reported from across the country since Wednesday. Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary at the Health Ministry, said, "Total cases in the country stand at 33,050.
Of them, 23,651 are under active medical supervision. The recovery rate has improved from 13.06 per cent to 25.19 per cent in 14 days, which is a positive sign." Detailing the increase in the doubling rate, Agarwal said that before the nationwide lockdown was imposed, the rate of doubling of cases was 3.4 days,