Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Actual case load of COVID in the country only 3,58,692
Recovered cases increase to 6,53,750
Special Central Team being rushed to Bihar
Recovered cases increase to 6,53,750
Special Central Team being rushed to Bihar
Posted On: 18 JUL 2020 2:18PM by PIB Delhi
Timely, proactive, and graded
strategy initiatives for effective COVID-19 management in the country, led by
the Center and implemented by the State/UT governments, have ensured that
actual case load of COVID patients remains manageable. The actual case load of
COVID in the country is only 3,58,692 today. The number of recovered cases has
further increased to 6,53,750. The difference between recovered and active
cases is progressively growing. It stands at 2,95,058 today. Medical attention
is being provided to all the 3,58,692 active cases, either in home isolation or
in hospitals for severe cases.
Coordinated measures taken by
the Union and State/UT governments have ensured effective overall management of
the COVID pandemic. The Union Government continues to support and supplement
the efforts of the State governments by sending Central teams of experts to
areas witnessing increase in caseload. A central team has been deployed to
Bihar to assist the State in assessment of COVID management in the state and to
provide all necessary support. The team consists of Shri Lav Agarwal, Jt Secy
(Public Health), MoHFW; Dr S K Singh, Director, NCDC; and Dr Neeraj Nischal,
Associate Professor (Medicine), AIIMS, New Delhi. The team will reach Bihar
tomorrow.
The focus of containment
strategy remains on house-to-house survey, perimeter control activities, timely
contact tracing, surveillance of containment and buffer zones, aided by
effective clinical management of severe cases through a Standard Of Care
approach. Continuously expanding hospital infrastructure has aided in increased
recoveries.
The last 24 hours saw 17,994
COVID-19 patients recovering. The recovery rate is now 63%.
The latest testing strategy of
ICMR allows all registered medical practitioners to recommend testing. RT-PCR
tests and Rapid Antigen Point of Care POC) Tests, boosted by TruNat and CBNAAT
have contributed to a surge in the number of samples tested; 3,61,024 samples have
been tested in the last 24 hours; The cumulative number of 1,34,33,742 samples
tested has raised the testing per million for India to 9734.6.
Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare has issued Guidelines for Gated Residential Complexes Desirous of
Setting Up Small COVID Care Facility by Resident Welfare Associations /
Residential Societies / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The details can
be accessed at:
The Ministry also issued an
Advisory for Gated Residential Complexes with regards to COVID-19. For details:
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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