Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India reaches another record of highest single day
recoveries
62,282 recover in the last 24 hours
Decrease in % Active Cases and Rise in % Recovered Cases
Posted On: 21 AUG 2020 12:37PM by PIB Delhi
On a continuous path of registering
high single day recoveries, India has touched another peak of posting the
highest recoveries of COVID-19 cases in a single day. 62,282 have recovered and been
discharged in the past 24 hours.
With more patients recovering and
being discharged from hospitals and home isolation (in case of mild and
moderate cases), the total recoveries have crossed the 21.5 lakh mark today (21,58,946). The gap between recovered patients
and active COVID-19 cases has increased and reached 14,66,918 today. As a higher number of
patient recover, their percentage rate continues to steeply rise along with
steady decline in percentage Active Cases.
With such high level of recoveries,
India's Recovery Rate has soared past 74% (74.28% today) ensuring more and more
patients are recovering.
This is bolstered by 33 States and UTs
reporting Recovery Rate more than 50%.
The current active cases (6,92,028) compose the actual case load of the
country. It is 23.82% of the total positive cases
today, registering further drop in the last 24 hours. They are under
active medical supervision.
A sharpened focus on improved and
effective clinical treatment in hospitals, supervised home isolation, use of
non-invasive oxygen support, improved services of the ambulances for ferrying
patients for prompt and timely treatment, upgradation of clinical skills of
doctors treating COVID-19 patients by active technical guidance through
tele-consultation sessions of AIIMS, New Delhi etc., have together led to
point-to-point and efficient patient management. This has ensured that India’s
Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is maintained below the global average. It is on a
continuous positive slide and currently stands at 1.89%.
8,05,985 samples were tested in the last
24 hours for identification of the disease. This has taken the cumulative tests
to 3,3,467,237.
The testing lab network in the country
is being continuously strengthened which as on today consists of 1504 labs in the country; 978 labs in
the government sector and 526 private labs. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 772 (Govt:
453 + Private: 319)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 614 (Govt: 491 +
Private: 123)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 118 (Govt: 34 +
Private: 84)
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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Guidelines for Conduct of General Election/Bye election during COVID-19
Election Commission of India approved the broad guidelines for conduct of general/bye elections during COVID-19 period. These are available at https://eci.gov.in/files/file/12167-guidelines-for-conduct-of-general-electionbye-election-during-covid-19/
After onset of COVID-19 pandemic in India, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) have been issuing guidelines from time to time. In their latest circular dated 29thJuly, 2020, MHA has issued comprehensive guidelines/directives to be followed countywide. Similarly, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has also issued SOP on disinfection, sanitization, and prevention for containing COVID-19.
Earlier, Commission, on 17thJuly, 2020, had sought views/suggestions of National/State Political Parties till 31stJuly, 2020, and had further extended the period till 11thAugust, 2020 on request of the Political parties. Commission hasconsidered the views/suggestions received from various Political Parties and Chief Electoral Officers of States/UTs on election campaign and public meetings.
Salient features of the guidelines include the following:
The Commission has revised the norms of number of persons accompanying the candidate and number of vehicles at the time of nomination. It has also created optional facility to fill the nomination form and the affidavit online and submission of the same, after taking print, before the RO concerned. For the first time, the candidates will have the option to deposit security amount for contesting the elections online. Keeping the containment guidelines in view, the Commission has limited the number of persons including candidate for door to door campaign to five. Public meeting and road shows shall be permissible with suitable instructions subject to containment instructions issued by the MHA/State. Face Mask, Sanitizer, Thermal scanners, gloves, face shield and PPE kits shall be used during the electoral process ensuring social distancing norms. Hand gloves shall be provided to all the electors for signing on the voter register and pressing button of EVM for voting.
The Chief Electoral Officers of concerned States/UTs, shall make comprehensive State/District & AC election plans regarding arrangement and preventive measuresfollowing these guidelines taking local conditions into account. These plans will be prepared in consultation with Nodal Officer for COVID-19 in their respective States/UTs.
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