Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Total Tests cross a Record of 9 cr
20 States/UTs report Positivity Rate less than National Average
Posted
On: 14 OCT 2020 11:50AM by PIB
With 11,45,015 tests
conducted in the last 24 hours, the cumulative tests now stand at 9,00,90,122.
The country’s testing capacities have
multiplied manifold with more than 1900 labs across the country and with
collaborative efforts of the Centre and State/UT governments. More than 15 lakh
samples can be tested every day.
Progressive expansion in testing
infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers.
With 1935 testing labs in the country including 1112 Government laboratories
and 823 Private laboratories, the daily testing capacity has got a substantial
boost.
Very high countrywide testing on a
sustained basis has also resulted in bringing down the national positivity
rate. This indicates that the rate of spread of infection is being effectively
contained.
20 States/UTs have positivity rate less than the national
average. The cumulative Positivity Rate is 8.04% and
is on a continuous decline.
Higher testing across wide regions leads
to early identification of positive cases, prompt tracking through efficient
surveillance and tracing, and timely & effective treatment in
homes/facilities and in hospitals for the severe cases. These measures in tandem
eventually lead to lower mortality rate.
74,632 COVID cases have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new
confirmed cases stand at 63,509. Higher number of recoveries has aided the national Recovery Rate
to further improve to 87.05%.
The total recovered cases stand at 63,01,927. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is 54,75,051. With
increasing number of recoveries, this gap is continuously widening.
79% of the
new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs viz.
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West
Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Delhi,
63,509 new confirmed cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.
77% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs. Kerala has outnumbered
Top three contributing states viz. Kerala,
730 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these, nearly 80% are concentrated in ten States/UT.
More than 25% of new fatalities
reported are from
Almost all States/UTs of the country are affected by
COVID-19. Given the seasonal pattern of epidemic prone diseases observed every
year in our country like Dengue, Malaria, Seasonal Influenza, Leptospirosis,
Chikungunya, Enteric fever, etc., can not only present as a diagnostic dilemma
but may co-exist in COVID cases. This poses a challenge in clinical and
laboratory diagnosis of COVID, and has a bearing on the clinical management and
patient outcomes. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued Guidelines
for management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemic prone
diseases.
This can be accessed at:
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches second
phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna” for underprivileged Thalassemic patients
Support Extended to Cover Aplastic Anaemia patients for 200 such patients
Dr. Harsh Vardhan recollects “Tears of Gratitude” while documenting
Beneficiaries of Prime Minister’s ‘Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya
Yojana’ scheme that similarly reduces Financial Burden of Major Health Ailments
Posted
On: 14 OCT 2020 5:33PM by PIB
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare launched the second phase of “Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojna” for the
underprivileged Thalassemic patients, virtually from Nirman Bhawan today.
Launched in 2017, this scheme is a Coal India CSR funded
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) program that aims to provide a
one-time cure opportunity for Haemoglobinopathies like Thalassaemia and Sickle
Cell Disease for patients who have a matched family donor. The CSR initiative
was targeted to provide financial assistance to a total of 200 patients by
providing a package cost not exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs per HSCT.
Dr. Harsh Vardhan congratulated the doctors of SGPGI
Lucknow, PGI Chandigarh, AIIMS Delhi, CMC Vellore, Tata Medical centre, Kolkata
and Rajeev Gandhi Cancer Institute,
Expressing gratitude to Coal India and their CSR team for
providing such opportunity to the BPL patients suffering from haematological
disorders and extending the support for another two years from 2020, Dr. Harsh
Vardhan mentioned the issue of high Out-of-Pocket-Expenditure on health
services in India, “People go bankrupt selling ancestral land and the last
property paying for their treatment. It is precisely that pain that moved Prime
Minister Sh. Narendra Modi ji to introduce the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri
Jan Aarogya Yojana for targeted populace.” “We had met beneficiaries of the
scheme while documenting them and they had tears of gratitude for this valuable
support in midst of the gloom in their lives,” he added.
Expressing satisfaction that the scheme has been extended
to cover Aplastic Anaemia patients for a total of 200 such patients from this
year, he said, “Such cases can be prevented by counselling using the Ayushman
Bharat –Health & Wellness Centres network. We have made Blood Transfusion
facilities available in every district hospital while some districts also offer
the facility in health centres at sub-district level.”
Sh. Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Smt. Vandana
Gurnani, AS&MD (NHM), Sh. Pramod Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director,
Coal India and other senior officials of the Health Ministry and Coal India
were present on the occasion.
From the medical community, Dr. Vikram Mathews, HOD
Hematology, CMC Vellore, Dr Soniya Nityanand, HOD Hematology, SGPGI Lucknow, Dr
Dinesh Burrani, HOD Hematology, RGCI, Dr Pankaj Malhotra, HOD Hematology, PGI
Chandigarh, Dr. Manoranjan Mahapatra, HOD Hematology, AIIMS New Delhi,
Dr. Mammen Chandy, HOD Hematology, Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata, Dr Sunil
Bhatt, HOD Hematology pediatric, Narayan Hrudayalaya , Bangalore, Dr. Joseph
John, HOD Hematology, CMC Ludhiana and many children affected by Thalassemia
along with their parents joined the programme virtually.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan holds a meeting
on ‘Jan Andolan’ and COVID Appropriate Behaviour with Heads of all AIIMS and
“Next Two and Half months are going to be crucial in our fight against
Posted
On: 14 OCT 2020 6:50PM by PIB
Union Minister of Health & Family
Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan held a meeting through video conferencing to review
the activities taken under the “Jan Andolan” on COVID Appropriate Behaviour
withthe Heads of all AIIMS and Central Government Hospitals, here today.
Highlighting the importance of the coming
months in the country’s collective fight against the pandemic, Dr Harsh
Vardhansaid, “We are now entering into the tenth month of our fight against
COVID-19. It was on the 8th of January when we had our first meeting of the
expert group. Since then, the journey has been relentless. But today, we can
proudly say that we have created significant infrastructure for our fight
against COVID which includes over 90 lakh beds, over 12,000 quarantine centres
and more than 1900 labs.” He expressed deep gratitude and salutations for the
tireless and dedicated efforts by all warriors and expressed grief over the
death of those warriors who sacrificed their life saving others.
He stated that “The next two and half
months are going to be very crucial for us in our fight against corona
because of the winter season and the festival season. It becomes responsibility
of every citizen to not let our guard down and follow COVID appropriate
behaviour to curb spread of the infection.”
Urging people across the country to follow
the clarion call of the Hon. Prime Minister as part of the ‘Jan Andolan’
launched on the 8th of this month, the Union Health Minister urged
people to follow COVID appropriatebehaviour. He said, “The virus has adversely
affected the whole world. But simple precautionary measuresare effective in
preventing the coronavirus to a large extent. Wearing mask/face cover
especially in public spaces, and following hand and respiratory etiquettes are
the cardinal principles of social vaccine.” He stressed on the importance of
physical distancing for effective containment of the disease. The Union
Minister asked all the heads of medical institutions to be the frontrunners in
showcasing the importance of this Social Vaccineto break the chain of
transmission of the disease in the country.
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He also urged the heads of Medical
Institutes to play a leadership role in motivating people and spreading
awareness by organising meeting with influential persons, local NGOs, schools
etc.
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