<span style="color: #222222;">Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan today visited the COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Mandoli, New Delhi to review the status of COVID-19 management. During the visit, the Health Minister was apprised that Mandoli CCC has twelve Towers in which 575 COVID-19 patients are being taken care of. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It has a capacity for 750 patients. Dr Vardhan &nbsp;visited the Tower-I and interacted with the patients from Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Assam and enquired about their well-being and concerns. He also spoke to the Doctors and administration officials and police officials. Dr Vardhan expressed happiness that many patients who were COVID-19 positive earlier have recovered now and tested negative.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Dr. Harsh Vardhan also said, adequate healthcare infrastructure and facilities have been set-up across the country for COVID-19 management. He said, a &nbsp;total of 855 Dedicated COVID Hospitals have been identified across the country with over 1.65 lakh beds. He also said, there are 1,984 Dedicated COVID Health Centres &nbsp;and 4,362 COVID Care Centres. He also informed that Delhi has 17 COVID Care Centres with a capacity for around five thousand beds.<br />''<br />''Talking about the status of containment of COVID-19 &nbsp;in the country, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, pior to lockdown, the doubling rate was 3.2 when measured over a period of 3 days, 3.0 when measured over a period of 7 days and 4.1 when measured over a period of 14 days. Today it stands at 12 over a 3-day window, 10.1 over a 7-day window and 11 when measured over a 14-day window. Similarly, the Fatality rate stands at 3.3 per cent while Recovery Rate has improved to 30.7 per cent.</span>
News On AIR | May 10, 2020 9:38 PM
Delhi: Dr Harsh Vardhan visits Mandoli COVID Care Centre to review status of COVID-19 management