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92% Covid patients in India are asymptomatic, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tells Lok Sabha
On opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Dr Harsh Vardhan says 5.8% Covid patients required oxygen therapy, while 1.7% needed intensive care.
Abantika Ghosh 14 September, 2020 2:36 pm IST
New Delhi: In India, 92 per cent of Covid-19 patients got only a mild form of the disease, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan told the Lok Sabha Monday on the opening day of the Monsoon Session.
About 5.8 per cent patients required oxygen therapy and 1.7 per cent needed intensive care, according to Vardhan.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in India stood at 48,46,427 as of Monday, with 79,722 deaths. In the last 24-hour period, 92,071 new cases were reported.
“Many of the epidemiological parameters such as mode of transmission, subclinical infection, period of virus shedding, role of immunity etc. are still being researched. Once a person is exposed to the infection, the disease may develop anytime between 1 and 14 days. The main symptoms of Covid are fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing,” the minister told the House.
“In our country, about 92 per cent of the cases are reported to be having mild disease. In only about 5.8 per cent of cases where oxygen therapy is required and the disease may be severe enough to require intensive care in only 1.7 per cent cases (sic),” he said.
Vardhan also claimed that the 24 March decision to impose the harshest lockdown in the world prevented 14-29 lakh cases and 37,000-78,000 deaths.
An analysis conducted by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme some time back had found that 80 per cent of Covid patients in India were asymptomatic...
92% Covid patients in India are asymptomatic, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tells Lok Sabha
On opening day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Dr Harsh Vardhan says 5.8% Covid patients required oxygen therapy, while 1.7% needed intensive care.
Abantika Ghosh 14 September, 2020 2:36 pm IST
New Delhi: In India, 92 per cent of Covid-19 patients got only a mild form of the disease, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan told the Lok Sabha Monday on the opening day of the Monsoon Session.
About 5.8 per cent patients required oxygen therapy and 1.7 per cent needed intensive care, according to Vardhan.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in India stood at 48,46,427 as of Monday, with 79,722 deaths. In the last 24-hour period, 92,071 new cases were reported.
“Many of the epidemiological parameters such as mode of transmission, subclinical infection, period of virus shedding, role of immunity etc. are still being researched. Once a person is exposed to the infection, the disease may develop anytime between 1 and 14 days. The main symptoms of Covid are fever, cough, and difficulty in breathing,” the minister told the House.
“In our country, about 92 per cent of the cases are reported to be having mild disease. In only about 5.8 per cent of cases where oxygen therapy is required and the disease may be severe enough to require intensive care in only 1.7 per cent cases (sic),” he said.
Vardhan also claimed that the 24 March decision to impose the harshest lockdown in the world prevented 14-29 lakh cases and 37,000-78,000 deaths.
An analysis conducted by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme some time back had found that 80 per cent of Covid patients in India were asymptomatic...