India's ratio of recovered corona patients and deaths is 80:20, better than others: Govt

Last Updated: Apr 17 2020 | 8:06 PM IST

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New Delhi, Apr 17 (ANI): The Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry, Lav Agarwal on April 17 said that the ratio between recovered COVID-19 patients and deaths stands at 80:20 in India which is higher than that in several other counties. "We have been witnessing average growth factor at 1.2 since April 1 which stood at 2.1 (average) between March 15- March 31. Hence, there is 40 per cent decline in average growth factor even as we increased COVID-19 testings," he further added.