Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
UPDATES ON COVID-19 AS ON 30.6.2020
Recovery rate inching close to 60%
Recovered cases are now 1lakh 20 thousand more than the number of active cases
Recovery rate inching close to 60%
Recovered cases are now 1lakh 20 thousand more than the number of active cases
Posted On: 30 JUN 2020 2:37PM by PIB Delhi
Collective and focussed efforts for containment and
management of COVID-19 by Government of India along with the States/UTs have
led to the recovery rate among COVID-19 patients fast approaching 60%.
As on date, there are 1,19,696 more recovered
patients than COVID-19 active cases.
Also, while there are 2,15,125 active cases, all
under active medical supervision, 3,34,821 patients have been cured/discharged.
This has resulted in the recovery rate amongst COVID-19 patientsfurther
improving to 59.07%.
During the last 24 hours, a total of 13,099
COVID-19 patients have been cured.
The number of diagnostic labs is continuously
increasing. India now has 1049 diagnostic labs dedicated to COVID-19. These
include 761 labs in the government sector and 288 private labs.
Further break-up is as below:
• Real-Time RT
PCR based testing labs: 571 (Govt: 362 + Private: 209)
• TrueNat based
testing labs : 393 (Govt: 367 + Private: 26)
• CBNAAT based
testing labs : 85 (Govt: 32 + Private: 53)
Testing is also being ramped up. As many as
2,10,292 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. The total number of
samples tested, as on date, is 86,08,654.
The National Blood Transfusion Council under the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued the Second Interim Guidance to
Conduct Blood Transfusion Services safely in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID warrior: ASHAs at the forefront of COVID war
in Uttar Pradesh
1.6 lakh ASHAs tracked over 30.43 lakh migrant returnees
1.6 lakh ASHAs tracked over 30.43 lakh migrant returnees
Posted On: 30 JUN 2020 12:52PM by PIB Delhi
Suresh Kumar, a 20-year-old native of Bahraich
(Huzorpur Block, Nibuhi Kala village), worked at a juice shop in Mumbai city.
He returned home along with other migrant workers in a truck in early May, 2020
after travelling for five days. As soon as Suresh reached home, the local ASHA
Chandra Prabha met him and recorded his details. She informed the Rapid
Response Team (RRT) of district Bahraich, which advised Suresh to quarantine
himself at home. Chandra Prabha also counselled the family members and
explained in detail the steps to be taken during home quarantine. She undertook
regular follow up visits and kept in touch with the family. Her alertness,
motivational skills and support ensured that as soon as Suresh began
experiencing symptoms, he was sent to the Community Health Centre, Chitaura,
which is also a designated COVID Care facility. Chandra Prabha also ensured
that Suresh’s family members and his fellow migrants were referred for COVID
testing.
Glimpses from villages of Uttar Pradesh: ASHAs at
the forefront of the war against COVID-19
With the surge in the cases of COVID-19 in the
country and the influx of migrant population from hotspot areas, one of the
major challenges in Uttar Pradesh (UP) was to cater to the healthcare needs of
returnees and arrest the spread in its rural population. ASHAs have played a
critical role in supporting the state’s COVID-19 management during this crisis.
In a gigantic exercise, UP’s 1.6 lakh ASHAs have
tracked over nearly 30.43 lakh migrant returnees in two phases- 11.24 lakh in
the first and 19.19 lakh in the second phase. They have assisted in contact
tracing and community level surveillance. The ASHAs not only identified 7965
persons with symptoms but also regularly followed up on their health status.
They have facilitated sample collection from 2232 returnees of which 203 were
found to be positive and were referred to COVID health care services. Nigrani
Samitis (Vigilance Committee) have been formed in all the villages under the
Gram Pradhan. The Samiti members/ volunteers community patrols keep in touch
with the ASHAs and provide her details of the migrants in the village, who in
turn help with the follow up on the migrants. ASHAs have played a critical role
in sensitising the communities about the preventive measures to be adopted such
as regular hand washing with soap and water, importance of wearing masks when
out in public spaces, and maintaining adequate physical distancing. As a result
of their efforts, there has been enhanced awareness about essential and
non-essential healthcare services and how to access these. The ASHAs are
provided basic protective gear like masks and soap/sanitizers as they go about
their duties.
ASHAs have assisted the Panchayati Raj Department
in development of the community quarantine centers, in buildings like Anganwadi
centres and primary schools. They have ensured adoption of Aarogya Setu app at
the community level through awareness generation and supporting in its
installation.
The contribution of ASHAs in non-COVID essential
services has been exemplary. At the Ayushman Bharat - Health and Wellness
Centres, ASHAs are contributing in conducting line listing of all individuals,
risk assessment and mobilization for screening for chronic illness like
Hypertension, Diabetes, three cancers (oral, breast and cervical cancers), TB
and Leprosy. They have also been instrumental in providing of Reproductive
Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (RMNCH) services which were directly
affected by the lockdown measures and the necessity of maintaining of physical
distancing. They have created awareness about the availability of these
services and helped people to access them.
The National Health Mission supports nearly 10 lakh
ASHAs in rural and urban areas of most parts of the country. Nearly 1/6th (1.67 lakh) are from Uttar
Pradesh.
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