Over 9 lakh patients on oxygen support across India, 1.7 lakh on ventilator, says Harsh Vardhan
The Hindu
The production of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) has been maximized to meet the present demand of COVID patients.
While 1,70,841 COVID patients across the country are on ventilator, as many as 9,02,291 patients are on oxygen support, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. In his virtual address at the 25th meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to discuss the pandemic situation, the Minister said that 1.34% of COVID caseload was in ICU, 0.39% of cases were on ventilators and 3.70% COVID patients were on oxygen support. He said that across the country, the number of patients in ICU beds is 4,88,861 while 1,70,841 patients were on ventilators and 9,02,291 patients were on oxygen support.More Related News