now has 422 government laboratories and 177 private laboratory chains he saidinforming about the healthcare infrastructure set up across the country to deal with the pandemic he said these have been divided into three categories viz dedicated covid hospitals dchs dedicated covid health centres dchcs and covid care centres cccs with adequate number of isolation beds icu beds and other facilitiesa total of 968 dedicated covid hospitals have been identified across the country with 250397 beds 162237 isolation beds 20468 icu beds 2065 dedicated covid health centres with 176946 beds 120596 isolation beds 10691 icu beds and 7063 covid care centres with 646438 beds he saidtalking about the protective equipment he said the country is now making sufficient number of n95 masks and personal protective equipment ppe through the ramped up domestic manufacturing sector and the requirements of the states are being sufficiently methe informed that states and uts as well as central institutions have been provided with around 10908 lakh n95 masks and around 728 lakh ppetalking about the status of containment of covid19 in the country vardhan said prior to lockdown on march 25 2020 the doubling rate was 32 when measured over a period of 3 days 30 when measured over a period of 7 days and 41 when measured over a period of 14 daystoday it stands at 130 over a 3day window 131 over a 7day window and 127 when measured over a 14day window similarly the fatality rate stands at 29 per cent while recovery rate has improved to 412 per cent clearly the situation has improved due to lockdown he assertedthis also reflects on the quality of healthcare being provided to the covid19 patients he saidvardhan reviewed the arrangements at the centre for treatment of covid19 patientswhile in the covid19 health centre the minister also interacted with a team of doctors and enquired about the wellbeing of covid19 patientsayurveda is a traditional medicinal knowledge source from india and there is huge potential in it its inherent strength in holistic healing and wellbeing is being put to good use in treatment of the covid19 patients at this dchc vardhan saidthis knowledge and experience will surely prove beneficial to people all over the world especially in the battle against covid19 he saidin his interaction with rao vardhan said india has immensely benefited from the leadership of prime minister modi in the fight against covid as he swung into action preemptively and proactively his decisions like lockdown and other advisories have worked as a potent social vaccine against the virus