New Delhi, Jul 20 (UNI) With the Case Fatality Rate in the country continuing to dip to 2.46 per cent on Monday, more than 700,000 Covid-19 infected patients have recovered.
In the past 24 hours, 22,664 Covid patients have recovered from Coronavirus-19, taking the recovery rate to 62.62 per cent, an official release here said.
Though the number of infected surged to 11,18,043 on Monday, more than 7 lakh persons have been cured of Coronavirus and discharged till now. This has further expanded the difference between those who are active Covid patients and the recovered persons -- 7,00,086 -- by 3,09,627.
Medical attention is being provided to all the 3,90,459 active cases, in hospitals and home isolation.
India has one of the lowest Case Fatality Rates in the world thanks to effective clinical management of the moderate and severe cases through a well executed Standard of Care protocol which has ensured high rate of recovery among Covid patients.
The Centre is handholding and supporting the state/UT governments in collectively combating Covid-19. One such initiative is e-ICU programme of AIIMS, New Delhi aimed at reducing the mortality rate through which AIIMS mentors and supports 43 big hospitals in 11 states by sharing experiences and technical advice from domain experts in clinical management of ICU patients. This has substantially boosted their capacity in treatment of critical care patients.
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