Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Total Recoveries cross 14.2 lakh
Recovery Rate continues to improve, stands at 68.32% today
National Case Fatality Rate further dips to 2.04%
Posted On: 08 AUG 2020 5:02PM by PIB Delhi
Focused and effective efforts of
containment, testing, isolation and treatment by the Centre and State/UT
governments have resulted in increasing percentage recovery rates and steadily
falling Case Fatality Rates.
Effective surveillance and
improved testing network have ensured early detection of cases and
consequentially leading to timely clinical management of the severe and
critical cases. Compared globally, India has one of the lowest cases per
million at 1469 as against the global average of 2425.
Coordinated implementation of
“Test Track Treat” strategy by the Union and State/UT governments has ensured
that the CFR has been low when compared to the global scenario and it has
continued to fall progressively. The Case Fatality Rate stands at 2.04% today.
With focused efforts to reduce
mortalities due to COVID-19, India has registered one of the lowest deaths per
million at 30 as compared to the global average of 91 deaths per million.
There has been a sharp increase
in COVID-19 recoveries. With 48,900 patients discharged in the last 24 hours,
India’s total recoveries from COVID-19 has reached 14,27,005. The recovery
rate, on a steady upward rise, stands at 68.32%.
The active cases, which are the
actual case load for India at 6,19,088 today account for 29.64% of total
positive cases. These are under medical supervision either at hospitals or in
home isolation.
Expanded diagnostic lab network
& facilitation for easy testing across the country has resulted in India
testing total of 2,33,87,171 samples for COVID-19 infection. 5,98,778 tests
were conducted in last 24 hours. The Tests Per Million has seen a sharp
increase to 16947 today.
A key factor in this widespread
testing is the continuously expanding network of diagnostic labs. With 936 labs
in the government sector and 460 private labs, India has 1396 labs for COVID-19
testing. These include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 711 (Govt: 428 + Private: 283)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 574 (Govt: 476 + Private: 98)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 111 (Govt: 32 + Private: 79)
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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Centre directs the States to focus all efforts on
reducing COVID-19 mortality
States reporting high COVID deaths need optimal utilisation of resources to
improve clinical management
Posted On: 08 AUG 2020 3:47PM by PIB Delhi
Coordinated, graded and pro-active management of
COVID-19 by the Union and State/UT governments has ensured the national Case
Fatality Rate (CFR) is on the slide. It currently stands at 2.04%. As part of
the continuous process of review and handholding of States/UTs for
collaborative management of COVID-19, two high level virtual meetings were
chaired by Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Health Secretary on 7th and 8th August to engage with the States reporting with high
case load and higher CFR than the national average, in order to advise and
support them on efforts to prevent and reduce mortality due to COVID-19.
Today’s meeting focused on 13 districts concentrated in
eight States/UT. These are Kamrup Metro in Assam; Patna in Bihar; Ranchi in
Jharkhand; Alappuzha and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala; Ganjam in Odisha;
Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh; 24 Paraganas North, Hooghly, Howrah, Kolkata and
Maldah in West Bengal; and Delhi. These districts account for nearly 9% of
India's active cases and about 14% of COVID deaths. They also report low tests
per million and high confirmation percentage. A surge has been observed in the
daily new cases in four districts viz. Kamrup Metro in Assam; Lucknow in Uttar
Pradesh; Thiruvananthapuram and Alappuzha in Kerala. Principal Secretary (Health)
and MD (NHM) from the eight States along with district surveillance officers,
district collectors, commissioners of the municipal corporation, Chief Medical
Officers, and Medical Superintendent of Medical Colleges participated in the
virtual meeting.
Several issues critical to reducing case fatality rate
were discussed during the meeting. The States were advised to address the
issues of low lab utilisation i.e. less than 100 tests per day for RT-PCR and
10 for others; low tests per million population; decrease in absolute tests
from last week; delay in test results; and high confirmation percentage among
the health care workers. They were advised to ensure timely referral and
hospitalization in view of reports from some districts of patients dying within
48 hrs of admission. States were directed to ensure unavailability of
ambulances with zero tolerance for refusal. The need to ensure monitoring
asymptomatic cases under home isolation with special focus on physical
visits/phone consultation on daily basis was underscored. States were asked to
ensure a timely assessment and make advance preparedness for infrastructure
viz. ICU beds, oxygen supply etc., based on the prevailing case load and the
estimated growth rate.
It was reiterated that AIIMS, New Delhi is holding
virtual sessions twice very week on Tuesdays and Fridays where a specialist
team of doctors provides guidance on effective clinical management of COVID-19
patients in the ICUs of different State hospitals through tele/video
consultation, to reduce the case fatality rate. The State authorities were
advised to ensure that State Centers of Excellence other hospitals participate
in these VCs regularly to improve clinical practices. The States were advised
to follow all Ministry protocols for effective management of containment and
buffer zones along with seamless patient and clinical management of patients
with special focus on critical cases. Another major area highlighted was that
of preventable deaths by strict surveillance among high-risk population like
people with co-morbidities, pregnant women, the elderly and children.
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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