Doubling Rate Of COVID-19 Cases Now Stands At 6.2 days: Health Ministry

Mumbai: According to the recent data for the last 7 days, the doubling rate of cases is now 6.2 days whereas earlier doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days said Luv Aggarwal, Health and Family Welfare, Joint Secretary on Friday.

Agrawal said during the daily briefing on COVID-19, “Before the lockdown, the doubling rate of COVID-19 cases was about three days, but as per the data for the last 7 days, now the doubling rate of cases is 6.2 days.”

Agrawal said that the doubling rate in 19 states and union territories is less than the average doubling rate.

“The doubling rate is lower than the national average in 19 states and union territories – Kerala, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Puducherry, Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Assam.” Tripura, etc. We are intensifying our efforts to reduce this doubling rate, ”he said.

Aggarwal informed that 13.6 per cent of the people have recovered from COVID-19.

“A total of 1,749 people have been cured, which is equal to 13.6 per cent of the cases. With 1,007 fresh cases of coronavirus reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country has reached 13,387. A total of 23 new deaths recorded in the last 24 hours,” added Aggarwal.

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