New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that India’s coronavirus mortality rate is the lowest in the world with 3.2 per cent. About 10,000 patients have been discharged so far.
“Today more than 10,000 COVID-19 patients have been discharged. Those still admitted at hospitals are on the road to recovery. If in last 14 days doubling rate was 10.5 days,then today it is around 12 days,” the Minister told news agency ANI.
“Our mortality rate of 3.2 per cent is the lowest in the world,” he said.
With 2,644 more COVID-19 cases and 83 deaths in the last 24 hours, the number of people infected from coronavirus in the country has reached 39,980 including 1,301 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
