Doubling Time of Corona Patient Has Improved to 12.2 Days : Dr Harshvardhan
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Testing capacity has increased to 1, 00,000 tests per day
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Dr Harsh Vardhan interacted with the DMs of various districts
New Delhi : Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare held a high level meeting with
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and UTs of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh to review preparedness and containment measures taken for COVID-19 management.
At the outset, Dr Harsh Vardhan informed the States/UTs that as on 12th May 2020,
a total of 70,756 cases have been reported from the country in which 22,455 persons have been cured and 2,293 deaths had occurred.
In the last 24 hours, 3,604 new confirmed cases have been added and 1538 patients were found cured.
While the doubling time in the past 14 days was 10.9,
it has improved to 12.2 in the last three days, he noted.
He added that the fatality rate is 3.2%
and recovery rate is pegged at 31.74%.
He also added that (as of yesterday) there are 2.37% active COVID-19 patients in ICU,
0.41% on ventilators
and 1.82% on oxygen support.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan highlighted that the testing capacity has increased in the country and
it is 1, 00,000 tests per day with 347 Government laboratories and 137 private laboratories.
Cumulatively, 17, 62,840 tests have been done so far for COVID-19.
Whereas, 86,191 samples were tested yesterday.
Dr Harsh Vardhan interacted at length with the DMs various districts like Una, Chamba, Hamirpur, Sirmaur, Solan and Kangra in Himachal Pradesh;
Shopian, Srinagar, Bandipora and Anantnag in UT of Jammu and Kashmir; Haridwar in Uttarakhand; and Leh and Kargil in UT of Ladakh and discussed in detail the status and management of COVID-19 in the districts. 
