With 11,264 Covid-19 patients cured in 24 hrs, recovery rate jumps to 47.40%

New Delhi: As many as 11,264 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 47.40 per cent, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.

According to the official data, this is the highest number of recovered patients recorded in a day. An increase of 4.51 per cent in the recovery rate from the previous day’s recovery rate of 42.89 per cent has taken the recovery rate to 47.40 per cent. “Owing to the high number of recovered patients, the number of active patients has also declined from 89,987 patients on May 29 to 86,422 active cases presently. All the active cases are under active medical supervision,” added the ministry in a press release.

The ministry further said that the doubling rate has also improved, which is now pegged at 15.4 days.

“As on May 30, 2020, the doubling time in the past 14 days was 13.3. It has improved to 15.4 in the last three days. The fatality rate is 2.86 per cent,” said the press release.

“As of May 29, there are 2.55 per cent active COVID-19 patients in ICU, 0.48 per cent on ventilators and 1.96 per cent on oxygen support,” said the Ministry.

The testing capacity has increased in the country through 462 government laboratories and 200 private laboratories. Cumulatively, 36,12,242 tests have been done so far for COVID-19, whereas, 1,26,842 samples were tested yesterday, added the ministry.