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Four states recover faster from Covid than rest of the country: Data

Delhi is among the states with the lowest recovery time of three days of Covid-infected patients. The national average recovery time is five days

Medical workers wearing PPE check temperature of an infant, whose mother is suffering from coronavirus disease, inside a care centre at an indoor sports complex, amidst the spread of the disease, in New Delhi (Photo: Reuters)
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Medical workers wearing PPE check temperature of an infant, whose mother is suffering from coronavirus disease, inside a care centre at an indoor sports complex, amidst the spread of the disease, in New Delhi (Photo: Reuters)

Ishaan Gera New Delhi
A few days ago, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reduced the isolation period of individuals infected by Covid from 10 days to five. India also published revised guidelines, directing those under home isolation to wait for at least a week from testing positive and having no fever for three successive days to end home isolation. Seven days is usually considered the time for recovery from the new variant. However, nationally, a Business Standard analysis shows, the recovery time has come down to five days.

The recovery time is calculated by comparing the number of active infections with

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