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- Published: July 17, 2020 19:45
New Delhi: With Covid-19 cases surging past 10 lakh in the country, an equally aggressive fight has been put up to prevent the virus from wreaking havoc at mass scale.
Multiple Covid care centres and makeshift quarantine centers have been raised while encouraging home isolation has helped in containing this pandemic.
Reports suggest that a whopping 31.6 lakh people are currently in quarantine facilities across the country.
UP tops list in quarantining people, Maharashtra is 2nd
Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of people in quarantine among states, followed by Maharashtra.
According to latest available official estimate, more than 11 lakh people are in quarantine in Uttar Pradesh, 7.27 lakh in Maharashtra, 3.25 lakh in Gujarat and 2.4 lakh in Odisha. A total of 31.6 lakh people are currently in institutional and home quarantine across India, said a PTI report citing a Home Ministry official.
As many as 49,907 people are in quarantine in Haryana, 46,969 in Tamil Nadu, 41,0621 in Chhattisgarh and 25,307 in Punjab. According to the estimate, 24,497 people are quarantined in Jharkhand, 17,858 in Karnataka, 14,596 in Delhi and 8,799 in Assam.
In Delhi, mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients are allowed home quarantine and they are being constantly monitored by experts through telephone or video calls.
India 3rd country to cross 10 lakh Corona cases
Suspected COVID-19 patients, asymptomatic and mild positive cases, and high-risk contacts of infected people are being kept in quarantine to curb the virus spread, officials said.
It’s because of government’s concerted action and service of Corona warriors, out of 10 lakh patients, more than 6 lakh have already recovered.
However, in some states like UP and Assam, home quarantines aren’t allowed.