Do not anticipate worst case situation like developed countries in India : Union Health Minister

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that there is no need to anticipate worst case situation with regard to COVID-19pandemic in India like in developed countries. "We do not anticipate a very worst type of situation in our country like many other developed countries but still we have prepared the whole country for the worst situation," said Vardhan here while interacting with Health Ministers and senior officials of North-East State on the current COVID-19 situation via video conferencing.Vardhan said that India is improving its battle against

COVID-19.

Our fatality rate in the country continues to be around 3.3% and the recovery rate has climbed up to 29.9%, these are very good indicators. The doubling rate for the last 3 days has been about 11 days, for last 7 days it has been 9.9 days," he said.\\

"We have dedicated 843 hospitals exclusively for COVID-19 patients' treatment, which have about 1,65,991 beds in it for the same. Across the country, there are 1, 991 dedicated COVID-19 health centres which have 1, 35, 643 beds. These beds include isolation as well as ICU beds," he added