COVID-19 recovery rate in Delhi is 72 pc: Kejriwal

Addressing a digital press briefing in Delhi, Mr Kejriwal said, "In the last three months, the total number of Corona patients in Delhi has reached approximately one lakh. But there is no need to worry or panic because out of these one lakh people, 72000 cases have recovered. The recovery rate in Delhi has gone up to 72 per cent, which is a huge figure. There has been a considerable improvement in the condition of Corona in Delhi.”

“In the month of June, around 35 out of 100 people were found to be positive when tests were conducted. Now, only 11 out of 100 people are found to be positive. There has been an improvement in the positivity ratio in Delhi,” he said.

Mr Kejriwal said that in Delhi, around 20000-24000 tests are conducted on a daily basis. “There are a total of 15000 beds for Corona patients, out of which only 5100 beds are occupied, which means that there are only 5100 patients in all the hospitals in Delhi.”

“Last week, there were 6200 Corona patients admitted to the hospitals in Delhi. The number of patients admitted to the hospitals has gone down and patients are recovering and returning to their homes. They are not facing any hassles in either testing or beds. They can check the availability of beds in the hospitals on the DelhiCorona App," he said.

"There are 25000 active Corona cases in the city, out of which 15000 patients are recovering at their homes. The Home Isolation programme of the Delhi government, which includes taking care of the Corona patients and send oximeters at their homes, has been very successful. Patients are recovering at their own homes. The death rate has also declined by half, there was a time when the death figure in a single day would be 125. Now, they have gone down to 60-65. We have to work to reduce it further," said the CM.

Mr Kejriwal said that plasma therapy has yielded encouraging results in the treatment of Corona patients.

“We had started the country's first Corona plasma bank. Until the vaccine to Corona comes, there is no treatment of Corona. We conducted plasma therapy trials, the results of the trials have shown that plasma therapy can help moderate patients improve significantly and control the death rate due to Corona,” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief said.

"There was a chaos until now and people who wanted plasma were running from pillar to post as they did not go where to go. The situation has improved and people are now getting plasma through the plasma bank set up at the ILBS Hospital. Last week, since this plasma bank was started last Wednesday, there is a mismatch between the demand for plasma which is huge and the supply of plasma which is less,” he said.

“Because the number of people who require plasma is more than the number of people who are donating plasma, the plasma that is currently in stock with the bank will be over. I want to request the people of Delhi to come forward in more numbers and donate their plasma. There is no need to worry at all, you will not experience any pain, no weakness, and your transportation will be arranged by us. Some people have been worrying about the fact that they have to go back to a Corona hospital and they might get infected again,” he said.