COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 9.9.2020

 

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UPDATES on COVID-19

India sees an unprecedented surge in Recoveries

Nearly 75,000 recoveries in last 24 hours

Total number of Recovered Cases nearly 34 lakh

Posted On: 09 SEP 2020 11:45AM by PIB Delhi

In the last 24 hours, India has scaled a new high of recoveries. The total number of recovered patients in a single day has surged to a record 74,894.

With this, the total number of recoveries has touched 33,98,844 taking the Recovery Rate to 77.77%. The total number of recoveries on a weekly basis has increased from 1,53,118 during the third week of July to 4,84,068 in the first week of September 2020.

 

A total of 89,706 new cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, of which Maharashtra has alone contributed more than 20,000 and Andhra Pradesh has contributed more than 10,000. 60% of the new cases are reported from only 5 States.

The total number of active cases in the country stands at 8,97,394 as on date. Maharashtra is leading this tally with more than 2,40,000 whereas Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh follow with more than 96,000 each. Five States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu contribute 61% of the total active cases.

A total of 1,115 deaths have been registered in the past 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported 380 deaths followed by Karnataka with 146 deaths, whereas Tamil Nadu has logged 87 deaths.

 

#		Name of State / UT	Active cases	Confirmed cases			Cumulative Cured/ Discharged/Migrated Cases			Cumulative Deaths
			As on 09.09.2020	As on 09.09.2020	As on 08.09.2020	Change since yesterday	As on 09.09.2020	As on 08.09.2020	Changes since yesterday	As on 09.09.2020	As on 08.09.2020	Change since yesterday
TOTAL CASES			897394	4370128	4280422	89706	3398844	3323950	74894	73890	72775	1115
1	Maharashtra		243809	943772	923641	20131	672556	659322	13234	27407	27027	380
2	Karnataka		96937	412190	404324	7866	308573	300770	7803	6680	6534	146
3	Andhra Pradesh		96769	517094	506493	10601	415765	404074	11691	4560	4487	73
4	Uttar Pradesh		63256	278473	271851	6622	211170	205731	5439	4047	3976	71
5	Tamil Nadu		50213	474940	469256	5684	416715	410116	6599	8012	7925	87
6	Telangana		31654	147642	145163	2479	115072	112587	2485	916	906	10
7	Assam		29206	130823	128244	2579	101239	99076	2163	378	370	8
8	Odisha		28628	131382	127892	3490	102185	99398	2787	569	556	13
9	Chhattisgarh		26915	50114	47280	2834	22792	22177	615	407	395	12
10	Kerala		23280	92515	89489	3026	68863	66997	1866	372	359	13
11	West Bengal		23254	186956	183865	3091	160025	157029	2996	3677	3620	57
12	Delhi		22377	197135	193526	3609	170140	168384	1756	4618	4599	19
13	Madhya Pradesh		17205	77323	75459	1864	58509	56909	1600	1609	1589	20
14	Haryana		16890	81059	78773	2286	63315	61611	1704	854	829	25
15	Gujarat		16319	106804	105509	1295	87352	85907	1445	3133	3120	13
16	Punjab		16230	67547	65583	1964	49327	47020	2307	1990	1923	67
17	Jharkhand		15438	55296	52620	2676	39362	37550	1812	496	482	14
18	Bihar		15346	150502	149027	1475	134391	132145	2246	765	761	4
19	Rajasthan		15090	94126	92536	1590	77872	76427	1445	1164	1151	13
20	J&K (UT)		11859	45925	44570	1355	33251	32760	491	815	801	14
21	Uttarakhand		8261	26094	25436	658	17473	17123	350	360	348	12
22	Tripura		6903	16717	16135	582	9653	9342	311	161	152	9
23	Puducherry		4831	17749	17316	433	12581	12135	446	337	325	12
24	Goa		4499	21630	21173	457	16875	16427	448	256	245	11
25	Chandigarh		2334	6372	5995	377	3960	3734	226	78	74	4
26	Himachal Pradesh		2326	7831	7660	171	5445	5370	75	60	56	4
27	Manipur		1683	7202	7106	96	5480	5358	122	39	38	1
28	Arunachal Pradesh		1670	5402	5180	222	3723	3596	127	9	8	1
29	Meghalaya		1343	3076	3034	42	1716	1560	156	17	17	0
30	Ladakh (UT)		856	3102	3064	38	2211	2211	0	35	35	0
31	Sikkim		538	1958	1939	19	1413	1396	17	7	5	2
32	Nagaland		496	4245	4220	25	3739	3685	54	10	10	0
33	Mizoram		378	1123	1114	9	745	735	10	0	0	0
34	A&N Islands		307	3392	3359	33	3035	2997	38	50	50	0
35	D&D & D&N		294	2617	2590	27	2321	2291	30	2	2	0
36	Lakshadweep		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

 

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India continues to scale new heights in COVID-19 tests

Over 11.5 lakh tests conducted in the last 24 hour

Posted On: 09 SEP 2020 1:10PM by PIB Delhi

On the day when India has registered the highest single day recoveries of nearly 75,000, it continues to set a record in testing too. More than 11.5 lakh COVID samples have been tested in the last 24 hours.

India is one of the few countries that have reported very high numbers of daily testing. The daily testing capacity has already crossed 11 lakh. With 11,54,549  tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India has further strengthened the national diagnostic capacity.

With this achievement, the cumulative tests have crossed 5.18 crore (5,18,04,677).

Timely diagnosis through higher levels of country-wide testing has furnished valuable opportunities to isolate or hospitalize the positive cases adequately in advance for appropriate treatment. This in turn has facilitated lower mortality rates (1.69% today) and speedy recovery.

Expanded diagnostic lab network and facilitation for easy testing across the country through various calibrated measures have given a substantial boost. Building on this achievement, the Tests Per Million (TPM) have seen a sharp increase to 37,539. It continues to maintain the constant upward trend.

From one testing lab in Pune in January 2020, today the country stands strengthened with 1678 labs including 1040 labs in the government sector and 638 private labs These include:

• Real-Time RT PCR based testing labs: 854 (Govt: 469 + Private: 385)

• TrueNat based testing labs: 703 (Govt: 537 + Private: 166)

• 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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Dr. Harsh Vardhan attends 73^rd session of WHO South East Asia Region through Video Conferencing

Dr. Harsh Vardhan conveys Prime Minister’s vision; “Investing in health is the biggest and most important investment that a nation can make for its people”

Posted On: 09 SEP 2020 3:04PM by PIB Delhi

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally attended the73rd session of WHO South East Asia Region, here today in the presence of Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Director WHO SEARO was also present at the event.

This is the first time the two-day event is being held entirely through virtual platforms owing to the COVID pandemic. The 73^rd session is being hosted by the Government of Thailand (from  Bangkok) while the previous session was held in New Delhi. Dr. Harsh Vardhan addressed the gathering first as the Chair of the 72^nd session before handing over the charge to the new Chair Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Thailand and then addressed the dignitaries present on behalf of India.

Addressing the dignitaries as the outgoing Chairperson, he offered his deepest condolences for the loss of lives across the Region due to COVID-19. He also extended heartfelt gratitude to the brave frontline workers of the region whose “collective efforts at the cost of their own safety and wellbeing, have not only helped save lives but have also shown us resoluteness in caring for all in the face of adversity.”

Dr. Harsh Vardhan highlighted the importance of such Regional Committee platforms as being “very useful not only for highlighting the advancements made as a result of all our collective efforts but also in discussing some of most pressing regional and global public health issues and the way forward.” South-East Asia Region, with its 11 Member States, represents a quarter of the world’s population and strengthening the healthcare systems of member states of the region will help in improving the state of global health achieving both the Triple Billion target and Sustainable Development Goals. “Our common goal of ‘Health for All’ unites us all, even from thousands of miles away, and this very goal will drive our discourse on regional health today,” he added wishing to meet them physically and safely in the near future.

Representing India in the meet, Dr. Harsh Vardhan highlighted the giant strides the country had made under the guidance of Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi to protect the lives and livelihood of its citizens from the pandemic and “left no stones unturned to contain and mitigate the virus.”

Speaking on India’s commitment to sustain its health goals, he elaborated on the National Health Policy 2017, which aims to provide affordable healthcare for all citizens of India and  Ayushman Bharat launched in 2018 which marks a significant milestone on the road towards universal health coverage and is also the world’s largest government-sponsored free healthcare assurance program. He reminded the audience that India achieved phenomenal success with its low-cost medicine stores called Jan Aushadhi kendras which provide quality affordable essential medicines to the people in need.

The Union Health Minister informed the member states of the “significant achievements like the elimination of Poliomyelitis, Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus and Yaws as well as considerable reductions in maternal and newborn mortality.” He also informed them of India’s ambitious target of Elimination of Tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global target and commitment to eliminate neglected tropical diseases like lymphatic filariasis and kala-azar.

Speaking on the multi-faceted and multi-sectoral nature of health governance that demands linkages to solutions, resources and interventions  to deliver tangible  benefits, he said, “The Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Housing for All by 2022, Nutrition Mission, Skill Development, Smart Cities, Eat Right India, Fit India and many such multi-sectoral initiatives have been launched which are bringing us dividends in terms of elevating the quality of life of our people thereby elevating their health condition.”

Elaborating on the Prime Minister’s vision, “Health is the biggest and most important investment that a nation can make for its people,” he spoke on the benefits of the National Digital Health Mission, which envisages the creation of a digital health ecosystem to enable Indian citizens to have unique health IDs, digitized health records as well as a registry of doctors and health facilities to ensure seamless delivery of health services across the country. Dr. Harsh Vardhan ended his speech by imploring all to invest in health as, “all of us who have gathered here today, are in a position to influence and drive more investment into healthcare.”

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