Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India continues to scale new
peaks in COVID-19 tests
More than 11.70 lakh samples tested for 2 consecutive days
Despite the very high testing levels, Daily Positivity rate is below 7.5% and
Cumulative Positivity Rate is less than 8.5%
Posted On: 04 SEP 2020 12:08PM by PIB Delhi
After having successfully
achieved the goal of enhancing the daily testing capacity to more than 10 lakhs
daily tests, India has scaled new peaks in COVID-19 testing for the last two
successive days. For these two successive days, more than 11.70
lakh samples have been tested across the country. 11,69,765 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
No other country has achieved
these levels of very high daily testing.
With this steep exponential rise
in daily testing, the cumulative tests are nearing 4.7 crore. The cumulative
tests as on date have reached 4,66,79,145.
Even with this very high daily testing, the daily Positivity Rate is still below 7.5%, while cumulative Positivity Rate is less than 8.5%. These results reflect the successful Centre-led strategy of TEST TRACK TREAT, being effectively implemented by most of the States/UTs.
The sustained higher testing on
a wide scale enables early diagnosis, prompt isolation and timely
hospitalisation. Effective treatment based on Standard Treatment Protocol both
in supervised home isolation and in hospitals, also results in lower mortality
rate. With the aim to reduce the fatality rate below 1%, India’s Case Fatality
Rate (CFR) has touched 1.74% following a gradient of steady and sustained decline.
India’s substantial increase in
the testing levels is anchored in the daily expanding diagnostic lab network
across the country. As on date, with 1025 labs in the government
sector and 606 private labs, the country-wide network is
strengthened with 1631 total lab facilities.
These
include:
• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 827 (Govt: 465 + Private: 362)
• TrueNat based testing labs: 683 (Govt: 526 + Private: 157)
• CBNAAT based testing labs: 121 (Govt: 34 + Private: 87)
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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Tests/4September2020/1
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
With higher number of patients
getting cured, India’s total Recoveries surpass 30 lakh
Less than 0.5 % patients on Ventilators, 2% in ICUs & less than 3.5% on
Oxygen Support
Posted On: 04 SEP 2020 3:18PM by PIB Delhi
One of the
goals of the TEST-TRACK-TREAT strategy of the Centre is to reduce the COVID
mortality and keep the case fatality rate low. There has been sharp attention
on sustaining high levels of recoveries and to strengthen the clinical
treatment protocols to provide a uniform standardised level of medical care to
save lives.
Not only is
India’s Case Fatality Rate lower than the global average and progressively
declining (current figure is 1.74%), but a very small proportion
of the active cases, amounting to less than 0.5%, are on ventilator support.
Data also shows that 2% cases are in ICUs and less than 3.5% of
the active cases occupy oxygen supported beds.
As a result
of these measures, India's total COVID-19 recoveries have crossed 30 lakh (30,37,151)
today.
With the
recovery of 66,659 in
the last 24 hours, India has continued its trajectory of posting more than
60000 recoveries for the 8th consecutive day. The Recovery Rate amongst the
COVID-19 patients is 77.15% demonstrating that the
number of patients recovering is on a steady rise over the past several months.
The higher
number of recoveries has also led to a steady enhancement in the difference
between the recovered and active ones. This difference has crossed 22 lakh, as on
date. This ensured that the actual caseload of the country viz. the active
cases (8,31,124 which
are under active medical care), has reduced and currently comprises only 21.11% of
the total positive cases.
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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HFW/COVID
Recoveries/4September2020/2
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Centre exhorts the States to
proactively curb the Chain of Transmission and bring Mortality below 1%
Health Ministry reviews COVID Management &Response in 15 districts across 5
States exhibiting high caseload and fatality
Posted On: 04 SEP 2020 6:58PM by PIB Delhi
Union
Health Secretary Shri Rajesh Bhushan held a review meeting through video
conference (VC) with the Health Secretaries of 15 districts across 5Statesof
Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh today. These 15
districts comprise Chittoor, Prakasam, Mysuru, Bengaluru Urban, Ballari,
Koppal, Dakshina Kannada, Davangere, Ludhiana, Patiala, Chennai, Coimbatore,
Salem, Lucknow and Kanpur Nagar. They have been exhibiting higher active
caseload, fatality rates and a surge in the COVID cases for the past four
weeks. In addition to the State Health Secretaries, District Collectors,
Municipal Commissioners and other district functionaries also participated in
the digital review meeting.
The Union
Secretary shared the overall status and performance of the districts on the key
parameters of testing, positivity, case fatality etc., focusing on the need of
continuing containment measures, increasing testing, effective clinical
management of patients.State Health Secretariesprovided an in-depth analysis on
the current status of COVID-19 in these 15 districts coveringaspects of
containment measures, contact tracing, surveillance activities, facility-wise
case fatality rates, trends in terms of weekly new cases and deaths, etc. and
shared their detailed roadmaps and action plans for the next one month.
Granularities
in terms of split of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen tests conducted in the district,
re-testing percentage of symptomatic negatives from Antigen tests, testing lab
utilization, home isolation status, hospitalization status and bed occupancies
of oxygen-supported beds, ICU beds and ventilator etc., were also shared with
the Center.
The States
were advised to take steps on the following specific areas:
1.
Limiting and eventually breaking the spread of the
infection by implementing stringent containment measures and following social
distancing measures, strict peri-meter control, and active house-to-house case
search.
2.
Early identification by ramping up testing across the
districts, optional utilization of RT-PCR testing capacity and use of Rapid
Antigen Tests as a screening test in hotspots and densely populated areas.
3.
Effectivemonitoring of home isolation cases and early
hospitalization in case of disease progression.
4.
Seamless hospitalization and early admission for patients
requiring medical support, especially in cases of co-morbid and elderly
population.
5.
Following effective infection control measures in hospitals
to safeguard healthcare workers from contracting the infection.
6.
District Collectors and other functionaries to prepare and
update district specific plans to continue their efforts to manage the pandemic
with the same rigor.
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MV
HFW/COVID VC with 4
States/4September2020/3
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