Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
1234 labs along with use of Rapid Antigen Tests drive Tests Per Million
(TPM) to more than 9231
More than 3.26 lakh samples tested in 24 hours
More than 3.26 lakh samples tested in 24 hours
Posted On: 16 JUL 2020 5:41PM by PIB Delhi
As per
the “Test, Trace, Treat” strategy, the Central Government is driving enhanced
testing initiatives in State/UTs. As a result, there has been a steady rise in the
number of testing labs across the country. The increased testing is in
accordance with the ICMR Guidelines and has helped in early detection of cases.
The
testing includes the RT-PCR which is the golden standard of the COVID-19
testing. This has been augmented with Rapid Antigen Point of Care (POC) Testing
that gives results within half-hour. This has resulted in ramped up testing in
the Containment and Buffer Zones. This has significantly helped in controlling
the spread of the infection.
All
registered medical practitioners can now recommend testing. This coupled with
the facilitation of widespread testing by States/UTs through the RT-PCR,
TrueNat and CBNAAT lab network has contributed to a surge in the number of
samples tested.
3,26,826
samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. The cumulative number of
1,27,39,490 samples tested translated to a figure of 9231.5 testing per million
for India.
The
testing lab network in the country is further strengthened with 1234 labs in
the country; 874 labs in the government sector and 360 private labs. These
include:
• Real-Time
RT PCR based testing labs: 635 (Govt: 392 + Private: 243)
• TrueNat based
testing labs: 499 (Govt: 447 + Private: 52)
• CBNAAT based
testing labs: 100 (Govt: 35 + Private: 65)
For
all authentic & updated information on COVID-19 related technical issues,
guidelines & advisories please regularly visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/
and @MoHFW_INDIA.
Technical
queries related to COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19@gov.in and
other queries on ncov2019@gov.in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In
case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at the Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or 1075 (Toll-free). List of
helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
OPD Block of AIIMS Delhi
“Let us assess present healthcare systems and innovate towards healthcare reforms for ensuring quality of care”
COVID testing capacity to be strengthened to conduct 10 lakh tests/day: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
“Let us assess present healthcare systems and innovate towards healthcare reforms for ensuring quality of care”
COVID testing capacity to be strengthened to conduct 10 lakh tests/day: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Posted On: 16 JUL 2020 5:02PM by PIB Delhi
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and
Family Welfare inaugurated the Rajkumari Amrit Kaur OPD Block of AIIMS, New
Delhi along with Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, MoS (HFW), here today. Prof. R.
Guleria, Director, AIIMS and other senior officials of AIIMS were also present
on the occasion.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan expressed happiness that the new
OPD is named after Smt. Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur, renowned freedom fighter and the
first Health Minister of the country. Elaborating on the country’s collective
efforts against COVID-19, he stated that “gradually we are moving in the
direction to win the battle against the pandemic. Less than 2 percent of the
COVID affected patients are admitted in ICUs. Our lab network has been
strengthened; we have had an exponential growth in the number of labs which
have grown from one in Jan 2020 to 1234 today. As on date, we have tested more
than 3.26 samples per day”. Dr Harsh Vardhan added that this capacity will be
further enhanced to 10 lakh tests per day in the coming 12 weeks. He added that
this is matched with progressively increasing recovered cases and the steadily
increasing gap between recovered and active cases (2,81,668). This signifies
that the measures taken as part of the graded, pre-emptive and pro-active
approach under the ‘Whole of Government’ strategy is showing positive results.
Dr Harsh Vardhan also directed Director AIIMS and
other officials to expedite the opertationalisation of the Mother and Child
Block, Elderly Block and Surgery Block so that people can reap health benefits
at the earliest. He urged officials and Heads of Departments to undertake
detailed and collective brainstorming sessions in each department to assess and
anaylse the innovative steps that can be taken for ensuring that all the
patients who come to AIIMS New Delhi get the best quality of healthcare. “There
must be zero tolerance for poor/substandard quality of care and towards
patients’ inconvenience”, he said. He urged them to brainstorm and propose
patient-friendly reforms.
Sh Ashwini Kumar Chaubey thanked the entire team
involved in the construction of State-of-the-art New OPD building and hoped
that it will definitely boost the patient care facilities. He said that
citizens from every nook and corner of the country have faith in AIIMS Delhi as
it provides the best quality of care and AIIMS should keep this glorious
tradition intact. He expressed high regards for corona warriors who sacrificed
their lives in the battle against COVID-19.
The ministers inspected many OPDs and interacted
with patients to take stock of the facilities.
Built on an area of approximately 6300 sqm, RAK OPD
is the largest known OPD in India. The new RAK OPD Block also has SMART Lab,
built at the cost of Rs. 15 cr. This connects the various analyzers and
technologies in a single integrated workflow. Here, the pre-analytics;
analytics & post analytics are all physically connected by a robotic track
and are seamlessly integrated by technology. It has a capacity of expansion up
to 2 lakh tests per day, with a handling capacity of more than 10000 patients
per day. It is one of the largest such track-based laboratory automation
installations across Asia Pacific and has been commissioned in less than one
year.
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Actual case load of COVID-19 patients in the
country is only 3,31,146
Actual Case Load is about 1/3rd of Total Cases
More than 6.1 lakh Recovered Cases
Actual Case Load is about 1/3rd of Total Cases
More than 6.1 lakh Recovered Cases
Posted On: 16 JUL 2020 2:06PM by PIB Delhi
A graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach under
the ‘Whole of Government” strategy has been adopted by Government of
India along with the States/UTs for prevention, containment and management of
COVID-19. The collective efforts are regularly reviewed and monitored at the
highest level.
The targeted measures have contributed to a steady
decline in the number of active cases. As on date, the actual caseload
of COVID-19 patients in the country is only 3,31,146. These contribute
to a little more than a third (34.18%) of total cases detected so far. Actual
case load of COVID-19 has remained limited and manageable in the country due to
proactive measures of containment including house-to-house survey, perimeter
control activities, timely contact tracing and surveillance of containment
zones, aggressive testing and timely diagnosis, and effective clinical
management of the moderate and severe cases through a well implemented standard
of care protocol substantially increasing their chances of recovery.
The joint efforts by the Center and the State/UT
governments of increasing the testing capacity, ramping up the health
infrastructure, prioritizing surveillance in the SARI/ILI cases, and ensuring
mapping of the aged population and people with co-morbidities have led to a
continuous improvement in the recovery rates seen across India.
As the graph shows, from mid-June 2020 after
crossing the 50% mark in Recovery Rate, there is a steady increase in the
recovered patients and decline in the number of active cases. 63.25% of the
COVID-19 patients have recovered, so far. Simultaneously, there has been a
steady dip in the active cases, from around 45% in mid-June 2020 to around
34.18%, as of now.
A total of 20,783 people cured of COVID in the last
24 hours has taken the total number of recovered cases among COVID-19 patients
to 6,12,814. The gap between recovered patients and active COVID-19 cases has
further increased to 2,81,668.
The hospital infrastructure to treat COVID-19
consists of 1381 Dedicated COVID Hospitals in Category I , 3100
Dedicated COVID Healthcare Centres in Category II, 10,367 COVID Care Centres in
Category III. They together have a capacity of 46,666 ICU beds.
The collaborative strategy among Centre and the
States has also ensured that the growth of COVID cases in restricted to pockets
in the country. Only two states, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, constitute
48.15% of country’s total active case load. Of the total 36 states and UTs,
only 10 States constitute 84.62% of the total active case load. The Centre
continues to handhold these states in matters of containment and effective
clinical management of the affected persons.
For all authentic & updated information on
COVID-19 related technical issues, guidelines & advisories please regularly
visit: https://www.mohfw.gov.in/ and @MoHFW_INDIA.Technical queries related to
COVID-19 may be sent to technicalquery.covid19@gov.in and other queries on
ncov2019@gov.in and @CovidIndiaSeva .
In case of any queries on COVID-19, please call at
the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare helpline no.: +91-11-23978046 or
1075 (Toll-free). List of helpline numbers of States/UTs on COVID-19 is also
available at https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/coronvavirushelplinenumber.pdf .
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