Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Active cases only 22% of total COVID cases
Recoveries are now 26 lakh. Exceed Active cases by more than 18 lakh.
Posted On: 28 AUG
2020 12:06PM by PIB
In pursuance of the Centre’s strategic and graded TEST, TRACK and TREAT
approach,
With more patients recovering and being discharged from home isolation
(in case of mild and moderate cases) and hospitals (severe and critical cases),
The number of recoveries is nearly 3.5 times the active cases, which
comprise 21.90% of the total cases. Higher number of recoveries has led to a
constantly growing difference between recoveries and active cases. Crossing 18
lakhs, the difference stands at 18,
41,925 today.
The Union Government has adopted a graded and evolving strategic
response to COVID management in
The Centre has led the country-wide response and management with steady
ramping up of the hospital infrastructure through the three tiered Dedicated
COVID facilities- Dedicated COVID Hospitals (DCHs) with ICU bed, ventilators
etc., for critical care management; Dedicated COVID Health Centres (DCHCs) with
oxygen beds and doctor on call facility; and COVID Care Centres (CCCs) with
isolation beds. As on date, the country has 1723 DCH, 3883 DCHC and 11,689 CCC
with a total of 15,89,105 isolation beds, 2,17,128 oxygen supported beds and
57,380 ICU beds. Effective treatment of the positive cases has resulted
in a progressively dipping Case Fatality Rate, which is pegged at 1.82% today.
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
India tests more than 9 lakh samples each day, two days in a row
Total tests near a new peak of 4 crore
More than 1 crore tested in past 2 weeks
Posted On: 28 AUG
2020 1:15PM by PIB
India has
tested more than 9 lakh COVID-19 samples each day for the second consecutive
day, keeping a sharp focus on “TEST, TRACK AND TREAT” strategy of the Union
Government.
With this steady rise, the cumulative tests are nearing 4 crore. The
total tests as on date have reached 3,94,77,848. More than 1 crore samples have been tested for COVID in the past two
weeks.
The Tests Per Million too have seen a sharp surge to 28,607. It is only by aggressive testing that positive cases can be identified
at an early stage, their close contacts promptly tracked and isolated as well
as timely and effective treatment can be ensured.
The graded and evolving response has resulted in a testing strategy that
steadily widened the testing net in the country. To keep up with this strategy,
the testing lab network in the country is continuously strengthened which as on
today consists of 1564 labs in the
country; 998 labs in the government sector and 566 private labs. These include:
• Real-Time
RT PCR based testing labs: 801 (Govt: 461 + Private: 340)
• TrueNat based
testing labs: 643 (Govt: 503 + Private: 140
• CBNAAT based
testing labs: 120 (Govt: 34 + Private: 86)
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 digitally inaugurates Super Speciality Block
of MGM Medical College, Indore
Dr. Harsh Vardhan expresses gratitude for Vajpayee ji’s vision of a healthy
nation
Posted On: 28 AUG
2020 5:54PM by PIB
Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare along with Sh. Shivraj
Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh digitally inaugurated the Super
Speciality Block (SSB) in
The SSB is
built with an investment of Rs 237 crores under the Pradhan Mantri
Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). It has departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Cardiology, Cardiothoracic surgery, Nephrology, Urology, Medical
Gastroenterology, Surgical Gastroenterology, Plastic & Reconstructive
surgery and an Organ Transplant unit. The new Block has 10 Operation
Theaters, 327 Super Specialty Beds, 92 ICU Beds and has a training
capacity of 30 DM/MCh and 28 PG students.
The Union
Health Minister expressed deep gratitude for then Prime Minister Sh. Atal
Bihari Vajpayee’s vision of a healthy nation. Reminding the audience of Sh.
Vajpayee’s announcement in his Independence Day speech on 15th August
2003 to correct the imbalances in the availability of affordable healthcare
facilities in different parts of the country and augmenting facilities for
quality medical education in the existing ones, Dr. Harsh Vardhan elaborated on
vision of Shri Vajpayee of “setting up of six AIIMS Institutions and
up-gradation of existing Government Medical Colleges and Institutions. Since
2014, this scheme was pursued with renewed vigour and saw the setting up of 22
new AIIMS and projects for up-gradation of 75 Government Medical Colleges.”
Eight Medical Colleges are set up in Madhya Pradesh while the government is
committed to building another six in the aspirational districts of Rajgarh,
Mandla, Mandsaur, Neemuch, Sheopur and Singrauli, he added. He also expressed
confidence that the NCDC regional centre being built in
The Union
Health Minister stated that the Centre has provided 13.99 lakh N95 masks, 7.97
lakh PPEs, 54 lakh HCQ and 679 ventilators to Madhya Pradesh to strengthen it
efforts to fight COVID-19. This is supplemented by 2,32,620 RNA extraction
kits, 5,87,140 RT-PCR kits, and 2,55,850 VTM kits provided by the Central
Government.
Informing
everyone of the massive development work undertaken in the health sector by
Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “We are poised and
determined to eliminate TB by 2025, five years before the entire global
deadline. Also, the innovative Mission Indradhanush aims to immunize every
child against 12 diseases and replicate the success of Polio eradication
campaign. The government hopes to push maternal mortality, infant mortality and
under-five mortality to near zero.”
Elaborating
on the Ayushman Bharat Yojana -HWC and the recently launched National Digital
Health Mission, he said, “National Digital Health Mission has already been
launched in 6 Union territories and will be rolled out in other states in the
coming three to six months. This combined with telemedicine facilities
available in the HWCs will be very helpful for big states like Madhya Pradesh
to achieve the stated goal.” He impressed upon the State leadership present to
personally supervise these schemes for their effective implementation.
Remembering
the contribution of Ex-Speaker of Lok Sabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan and former
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sh. Jagat Prakash Nadda in this project, Sh.
Ashwini Kumar Choubey expressed his happiness that “the hospital was completed
one year before its schedule.”
Sh.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan thanked the Union Government for its proactive role in
strengthening the health infrastructure in Madhya Pradesh. He mentioned
that the Central Health Ministry oversaw the installation of COVID testing
facilities in 76 government labs after the State was forced to airlift
swab-samples to other cities during the onset of the COVID Pandemic.
Ms. Usha
Thakur, Cabinet Minister for Tourism, Culture, Adhyatm, Madhya Pradesh, Sh.
Tulsiram Silawat, Cabinet Minister for Water Resources, Fisheries Welfare
and Fisheries Development, Madhya Pradesh, Sh.Vishvash Sarang, Cabinet Minister
for Medical Education, Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation, Madhya
Pradesh, Sh. Kailash Vijayvargiya, Ex-Cabinet Minister, Madhya Pradesh, Sh.
Shankar Lalwani, Member of Lok Sabha from Indore and Sh. Akash Vijayvargiya,
MLA, Indore were present at the event.
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