Over 34,000 Covid-19 patients in India required ICU care so far: Report

Around 9,272 patients were put on ventilators

Of the over 600,000 Covid-19 cases reported in the country till Thursday, 34,540 patients needed ICU care, 37,505 required oxygen and 9,272 were put on ventilators, health ministry sources said.

They said of the 2,26,947 active cases, 2.53 per cent are in ICU (till 6 pm) compared to 2.63 per cent the day before, 0.45 per cent are on ventilator support as against 0.44 per cent as on Wednesday while 3.07 per cent are on oxygen as against 3.13 per cent as on Wednesday.

Besides, the doubling time of coronavirus infection cases has improved to around 21.3 days in the last three