Before the lockdown and 30 days into the lockdown, India's coronavirus positivity rate has remained constant at 4.5 per cent, the Centre said on Thursday. C.K. Mishra, the Chairman of the Empowered Group 2, said the percentage of positive cases as a ratio of testing is more or less the same as it was a month back.
‘The lockdown period in India helps to review, assess and expand healthcare infrastructure, preparedness and resources to fight COVID-19.’
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He added that post the lockdown, testing increased 24 times while the number of new positive cases grew 16 times. Read More..
Mishra said India has done better than majority of the developing countries, except South Korea, with respect to the percentage of tested cases yielding positive results.
"During the 30 days of lockdown, we have been able to cut transmission, minimise spread and increase the doubling time of Covid-19, consistently ramp up our testing and utilise our time to prepare for the future," added Mishra.
He said the number of dedicated hospitals increased 3.5 times since last month and the number of isolation beds increased 3.6 times since March.
Detailing the nature of growth rate of Covid-19 cases, Mishra said the growth has been more or less linear, not exponential, and this indicates that the strategies adopted so far have succeeded in containing the infection to a particular level.
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"The lockdown period has been used gainfully to review, assess and expand our hospital infrastructure and preparedness; our effort has been to use resources and be over-prepared," said Mishra.
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Source-IANS