New Delhi: Government today said that the difference between recovered and active cases of COVID-19 is nearly one lakh.
The top five states in terms of absolute number of COVID -19 recovered cases are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The top five states in terms of recovery rate are Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tripura, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh.
India now has 1,026 labs dedicated to COVID-19, including 741 govt and 285 private labs. The samples tested in the last 24 hours have further increased to 2,20,479 cases while the total number of samples tested is around 80 lakh.
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Gap between recovery & active cases nearing 1 lakh
The total number of recovered COVID-19 cases has fast outgrown the number of active COVID-19 cases. The difference between recoveries and active cases is fast nearing 1 lakh. The recovered cases have exceeded the active cases by 98,493 as of today.While the number of active cases stands at 1,97,387, the number of cured cases is 2,95,880. With this encouraging status, the recovery rate is touching 58.13% amongst COVID-19 patients.
The top 15 States in terms of recovery rate are:
Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs 17th meeting of GoM
The 17th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held under the chairpersonship of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare today. GoM was informed that presently eight States (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Telangana, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal) contribute 85.5% of active caseload and 87% of total deaths in India.Dr. Bhragava, DG (ICMR) explained about the increasing capacity for enhanced per day testing through various tests. The samples tested in the last 24 hours have increased to 2,20,479, taking the total cumulative number of samples tested, as on date, to 79,96,707. India now has 1026 diagnostic labs dedicated to COVID-19. GoM was informed that as of 27th June 2020, there are 1039 dedicated COVID Hospitals with 1,76,275 isolation beds, 22,940 ICU beds and 77,268 oxygen supported beds; 2,398 dedicated COVID Health Centres with 1,39,483 Isolation beds, 11,539 ICU beds and 51,321 oxygen supported beds have also been operationalised. Moreover, 8,958 COVID Care Centres with 8,10,621 beds are now available to combat COVID-19 in the country.
Center bolsters Efforts for COVID Management in Delhi
The Central Government has extended substantial support to NCT of Delhi for containment and management of COVID-19. ICMR has supplied diagnostic material for carrying out 4.7 lakh RT-PCR tests. It has also provided 1.57 lakh RNA extraction kits essential for carrying out the test and 2.84 lakh VTMs and swabs for collection of Covid-19 samples.
As an effort to bolster the containment measures in NCT of Delhi, a 10,000-bedded “Sardar Patel COVID Care Centre” is being developed at RadhaSoamiSatsang Beas in Chhatarpur, Delhi. The entire operation of this Centre, including ensuring availability of requisite numbers of medical personnel, has been entrusted to the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), with Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) taking the lead in this process. Around 2,000 beds are being made operational.A 1000- bedded new greenfield hospital constructed by DRDO and manned by doctors and paramedical staff from Army would start functioning next week from an area near DhaulaKuan. The Government of India has centrally procured and distributed 11.11 lakh N95 masks, 6.81 lakh PPE kits, 44.80 lakhs HCQ tablets in Delhi. 425 ventilators were allocated to Delhi and all have been delivered to various hospitals of GNCT. Delhi has 34 Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCH), 4 Dedicated COVID Health Centres (DCHC), 24 Dedicated COVID Centers (DCCC) to treat COVID-19 patients according to their severity.
Health Ministry issues updated clinical management protocol for COVID-19 cases
Keeping pace with evolving knowledge about COVID-19, especially in terms of effective drugs, the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has today released an updated clinical management protocol for managing COVID-19 cases. The updated protocol includes the advice to use Dexamethasone as an alternative choice to Methylprednisolone for managing moderate to severe cases of COVID-19. The change has been made after considering the latest available evidence and expert consultation.
200 Railway Maintenance Projects completed during lockdown period
The backend warriors of Indian Railways have fully availed the opportunity provided by suspension of passenger services due to pandemic of COVID 19 to successfully executed more than 200 long pending maintenance works including yard remodeling, repair and re-girdering of old bridges, doubling and electrification of rail lines and renewal of scissor crossovers. Pending for several years, these unfinished projects often confronted Indian Railways as bottlenecks.
Apart from ensuring supply chains all essential commodities running through parcel trains and freight trains, Indian Railways executed these long pending maintenance works during this lockdown period when passenger services were suspended.
Webinars on reforms in Agriculture and Investment Opportunities
Addressing the webinars, Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, appreciated the path-breaking futuristic steps taken by the Government of India for the agriculture sector and welfare of farmers, during the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic. The competence of Indian farmers and efforts of the industry in this crisis situation is evident by the fact that the area covered by kharif sowing this year is 316 lakh ha as compared to 154 lakh ha last year and an average of 187 lakh ha during the last five years. Comparing livestock rearing to an ATM machine for farmers, Shri AtulChaturvedi, Secretary, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, said that no product is as fast moving as milk for a retailer.
