Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
UPDATES on COVID-19 AS ON 8.4.2020
Recovered cases 1.75 times the number of Active cases
Gap between recovered and active cases cross 2 lakhs
National Recovery Rate further improves to 62.09%
Recovered cases 1.75 times the number of Active cases
Gap between recovered and active cases cross 2 lakhs
National Recovery Rate further improves to 62.09%
Posted On: 09 JUL 2020 6:20PM by PIB Delhi
In a significant achievement, the number of recovered cases has overshot
the number of COVID-19 active cases by 2,06,588. The number of recovered cases
is 1.75 times (almost twice) the number of active cases. During the last 24
hours, a total of 19,547 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure
of recoveries among COVID-19 patients to 4,76,377 as of today. This is a result
of focussed attention on effective surveillance through house-to-house contact
tracing, early detection, and isolation as well as timely and effective
clinical management of COVID-19 cases.
Presently, there are 2,69,789 active cases and all are under active medical
supervision.
India’s COVID-19 recovery rate is also steadily increasing. The recovery
rate among COVID-19 patients has increased to 62.09% today.
It would perhaps be not fair to compare India to other countries in terms
of absolute numbers, India has 195.5 cases per million population which is
amongst the lowest in the world. The proactive delineation of containment and
buffer zones, aggressive testing, early and timely detection and adherence to
clinical protocols & better ICU/hospital management also manifests in India
having one of the lowest fatalities in the world. Deaths per million population
in India are 15.31 which translates to a fatality rate of 2.75%. Whereas, the
global deaths per million population stand at 68.7.
India is also seeing steady increase in growth of daily testing numbers.
During the last 24 hours 2,67,061 samples have been tested. As on date,
1,07,40,832 samples have been tested for identification of COVID-19 in the
population.
Concerted efforts by MoHFW and ICMR have resulted in an impressive
augmentation of the testing labs network in the country, which boosts of 1132
labs comprising 805 labs in the government sector and 327 private labs. The
details are:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 603 (Govt: 373 + Private: 230)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 435
(Govt: 400 + Private: 35)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 94
(Govt: 33 + Private: 61)
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 chairs 18th meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19
India has the lowest cases and deaths/million population: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
"Our aim is to reduce and keep the case mortality low"
Posted On: 09 JUL 2020 1:41PM by PIB Delhi
The 18th 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 by a video-conference, here today. He was joined by Dr. S.
Jaishankar, Union Foreign Minister, Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Union Minister of
Civil Aviation, Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health &
Family Welfare, and Sh. Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of State, Chemical and
Fertilizers, & Shipping. Dr. Vinod Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog joined
the meeting through video conference link.
At the outset, the GoM was briefed on the current status of COVID-19 in
India. The global comparison between the five most affected countries clearly
depicted that India has one of the lowest cases per million (538) and deaths
per million (15) compared the global average of 1453 and 68.7, respectively.
Within the country, eight states (Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka,
Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat) contribute to around 90%
of the active caseload and 49 districts account for 80% of active caseload, as
of today. Moreover, six states (Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Uttar
Pradesh and West Bengal) account for 86% of total deaths, and 32 districts
account for 80% deaths. The GoM was briefed that special efforts were made in
the regions showing higher Case Fatality Rate.
Speaking on the COVID-19 healthcare infrastructure in the country, the GoM
was briefed that as on today, there are total 3914 facilities in the country
with 3,77,737 Isolation beds (without ICU support), 39,820 ICU beds and
1,42,415 oxygen supported beds along with 20,047 ventilators. In terms of
healthcare logistics, cumulatively 213.55 lakh N95 masks, 120.94 lakh PPEs and
612.57 lakh HCQ tablets have been distributed.
During the period of Unlock 2.0, the future steps include sharp focus on
containment and surveillance including demarcation of Containment Zones
according to the guidelines of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare;
Containment Zones to be notified on the websites; strict perimeter control
& with only essential activities to be allowed; intensive contact tracing,
house-to-house search/surveillance; and Buffer Zones to be identified outside
the Containment Zones to contain potential new cases.
It was mentioned that the Centre and State/UT cooperation measures taken at
regular intervals include regular visit by Central Teams of public health
experts to the most affected states for handholding and supporting States for
more effective containment & control measures. The regular VCs chaired by
Cabinet Secretary with all States/UTs focus on containment of the spread,
ramping up the testing and reducing the mortality.
Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that “as we move forward, our focus shall be on the
management of COVID-19 through strict containment measures and surveillance;
utilizing full testing capacity; focus on monitoring of co-morbid and elderly
population; predicting emerging hotspots leveraging digital tools such as
Aarogya Setu; ensuring seamless patient admission processes; focus on
infrastructure preparedness (critical care beds, oxygen, ventilators and
logistics).” He pointed out that “along with States/UTs, our aim is to reduce
and keep the Case Fatality Rate low by early identification and effective
clinical management”.
Dr. Sujeet K Singh, Director (National Centre for Disease Control)
presented a detailed report on surveillance efforts undertaken in India during
the pandemic. The focus was on strict containment strategy and surveillance
through SARI/ILI cases, serological survey and increase in lab network to widen
countrywide testing. The major concern areas in the country were highlighted
and the measures to be taken were listed including timely clinical management
along with testing and surveillance in the high risk population with
co-morbidities to reduce the Case Fatality Ratio.
In a detailed presentation by Shri Amit Khare, Chairman of Empowered
Group-8 (on Information, Communication and Public Awareness), the GoM was
briefed on the key steps taken in Communication of Information and in raising
public awareness. The group received 6,755 alerts of fake news out of which
5,890 were replied to directly and rebuttals were published to 17 foreign media
stories. The group also coordinated the issue of 98 daily COVID-19 bulletins,
92 media briefings and 2,482 press releases. The group played a pro-active role
in behavioral change campaign during the pandemic and in creating awareness
regarding the relief measures to farmer and MSME units under the Atma Nirbhar
Bharat Abhiyaan launched by the Prime Minister. It was highlighted that the
mental health issues related to COVID-19 pandemic will be a major part of the
communication strategy going forward through discussions in the media.
Dissemination of messages and information in regional language was focused on
to reach maximum audience through interpersonal and mass communication.
Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary (Health), Shri Rajesh Bhushan, OSD (MoHFW), Shri
Amitabh Kant, CEO (Niti Aayog), Dr. Balram Bharagava, DG (ICMR), Shri P D
Vaghela, Secretary (Pharma), Shri Sanjeev Ranjan, Secretary (Shipping), Shri
Ravi Capoor, Secretary (Textiles), Shri Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary (DWS),
Shri Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary (MEITY), representatives of ITBP, participated
through virtual media.
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