Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
UPDATES ON COVID-19 AS ON 8.7.2020
Recoveries/million show a steep upturn as compared to the Active Cases/ million
Recoveries/million show a steep upturn as compared to the Active Cases/ million
Posted On: 07 JUL 2020 6:53PM by PIB Delhi
The Central and State/UT governments are following the “Test, Track and
Treat” strategy for the effective management of COVID-19 pandemic.
In India, the States/UTs with high case load of COVID-19 are turning their
focus on early identification and effective clinical management of positive
cases to ensure that recovery/million is more than active cases/million. This
shows that while the total number of positive cases might be high but the
recoveries are fast catching up, thereby keeping the active cases low. This has
also ensured that COVID healthcare facilities are not under pressure and are
not stretched.
India has 315.8 recovered cases per million while the active cases per
million in the country is at a low level of 186.3.
States have followed the direction of the Union Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare to substantially increase testing with the deployment of RT-PCR
tests, Rapid Antigen Tests which have helped in early identification of the
cases. The ramped up healthcare infrastructure in the States has resulted in
distribution of the positive cases in different healthcare facilities including
Dedicated COVID Hospitals, COVID Health Care Centres and COVID Care Centres.
This coupled with effective treatment has ensured in keeping the case mortality
low. Ramping up of Dedicated COVID facilities within the public and private
sectors has ensured timely triaging and treatment of the patients.
Along with testing, contact tracing and house to house surveys has been
intensified especially in the containment zones. States have been specifically
advised to ensure that at least 80% of new positive cases have their contacts
traced and quarantined within 72 hours of confirmation of the positive case.
States have developed several mobile apps to keep track of high risk population
including the senior and elderly population, people with co-morbidities,
pregnant women and small children. The involvement of the community, ASHAs and
ANMs at the local government has led to effective surveillance in the community.
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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National COVID-19 Recovery Rate continues to
sharply improve; touches 61.53%
Nearly 2 lakh more recovered COVID cases than active ones
More than 2.6 lakh samples tested in past 24 hours
Nearly 2 lakh more recovered COVID cases than active ones
More than 2.6 lakh samples tested in past 24 hours
Posted On: 08 JUL 2020 4:48PM by PIB Delhi
The number of samples being
tested for detection of COVID-19 is substantially growing every day. During the
last 24 hours, 2,62,679 samples have been tested of which more than 53,000
samples have been tested in private labs. The cumulative number of samples
tested, as of now is 1,04,73,771. As a result, the tests per million today
stand at 7180. This is because of the sharply focussed “Test, Trace, Treat”
strategy of the central Government, in coordination with the States/UTs.
A crucial component in the
appreciable growth in the COVID-19 testing is the increased number of
diagnostic labs across the country. With 795 labs in the government sector and
324 private labs, there are as many as 1119 labs in the country. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 600 (Govt: 372 + Private:
228)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 426 (Govt: 390 + Private:
36)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 93 (Govt: 33 + Private:
60)
Growing healthcare
infrastructure of various types of COVID facilities adequately supported by ICU
and oxygen supported beds, ventilators and other equipment has facilitated and
ensured timely detection and effective clinical management of COVID-19 positive
cases. With more COVID-19 patients recovering, the gap between the number of
recovered cases and active cases has increased by 1,91,886 as on date.
During the last 24 hours, a
total of 16,883 COVID-19 patients have been cured, taking the cumulative figure
of recovered cases to 4,56,830 so far.
The rate of recovery among
COVID-19 patients continues to increase over the days. It has touched 61.53%
today.
Presently, there are 2,64,944
active cases and all are under medical supervision.
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
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To strengthen Central Govt’s efforts to reduce COVID mortality, AIIMS Delhi
starts Tele-Consultation guidance to State doctors on COVID Clinical Management
10 hospitals with more than 1000 beds to participate in the first session
Tele-consultation sessions twice every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays
10 hospitals with more than 1000 beds to participate in the first session
Tele-consultation sessions twice every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays
Posted On: 08 JUL 2020 1:59PM by PIB Delhi
As part of its holistic response and management
strategy for COVID-19, the Centre remains committed to reducing case fatality
rate by ensuring effective clinical management of all COVID-19 positive
patients. For this purpose, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare
has now involved specialist doctors from AIIMS, New Delhi to provide expert
guidance and knowledge support to doctors manning ICUs in State hospitals.
Tele-consultation is a critical component of the
clinical intervention protocol for COVID-19. A specialist team of doctors from
AIIMS, New Delhi shall provide guidance on effective clinical management of
COVID-19 patients in the ICUs of different State hospitals through tele/video
consultation. They will handhold the States in clinical management of COVID-19
patients to reduce the case fatality rate. These tele-consultation sessions for
providing timely and expert guidance to the doctors in the States shall be
conducted twice every week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
The first session of this exercise shall begin from
today at 4.30 pm. Ten hospitals have been selected, including nine from Mumbai
(Maharashtra) and one from Goa. These are: NESCO Jumbo Facility, P South (Phase
II); CIDCO Mulund Jumbo Facility – T (Phase II); Malad Infiniti Mall Jumbo
Facility, PN (Phase III); Jio Convention Centre Jumbo Facility, HE (Phase III);
Nair Hospital; MCGM Seven Hills; MMRDA BKC Jumbo Facility, HE (Phase II); MMRDA
BKC Jumbo Facility, HE (Phase I); Mumbai Metro Dahisar Jumbo Facility, T (Phase
II); and Govt Medical College and Hospital, Panaji, Goa.
They have more than 1000 beds for COVID patients
including isolation beds, oxygen supported and ICU beds. Today’s session will be
led by Dr. Anand Mohan, HOD, Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Delhi.
This tele-consultation exercise shall be extended
to another 61 hospitals which have bed capacity ranging from 500-1000 on twice
a week basis. A calendar of these expert-led tele-consultation sessions has
been drawn up to cover the States till 31st July. Total of 17 such
States shall be covered (Delhi, Gujarat, Telangana, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Jharkhand and Maharashtra). Up to two doctors
handling ICU patients from each hospital along with the Director General of
health Services (DGHS) of the concerned State will participate in the VC
interaction.
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