Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
New Cases fall below 50,000 for the first time after nearly 3 months
Active Cases less than 10% of Total Cases
Further slide in Active Cases; now below 7.5 lakh
Posted
On: 20 OCT 2020 11:09AM by PIB
The new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours have fallen below 50,000 (46,790) for the first time in nearly three months. The new cases were 47,703 on 28th July.
With a high number of COVID patients recovering every day
and the sustained fall in the mortality rate,
In another achievement, the percentage active cases have fallen below 10%. The total positive cases of the country today are less than 7.5 lakh (7,48,538) and comprise merely 9.85% of the total cases..
This is the result of collaborative, focussed and effective
action by States/UTs under the Centre's strategy of comprehensive and high
countrywide testing, prompt and effective surveillance and tracking, quick
hospitalization and effective adherence of the Standard Treatment Protocol
issued by the Union Government. This success also owes to the selfless service
and dedication of doctors, paramedics, frontline workers and all other COVID-19
warriors across all parts of the country.
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The slide in active cases in supplemented by an exponential
rise in recoveries. The total recovered cases have crossed 67 lakhs (67,33,328). The difference between active cases and recovered cases is consistently
increasing and stands at 59,84,790 today.
69,720 patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours. The national
Recovery Rate has further grown to 88.63%.
78% of the
new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs .
75% of the new confirmed cases are from 10
States and UTs.
587 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these, nearly 81% are concentrated in ten States/UTs. The deaths are below 600 for
second consecutive day.
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
No shortage of medical oxygen in the country: Health Secretary
Posted
On: 20 OCT 2020 7:00PM by PIB Mumbai
New Delhi/Mumbai, October 20, 2020
Shri Bhushan further informed that
Recovery rate is continuously increasing
from around 76% during first week of September to more than 86% as on 20th October.
On the other hand, active cases have come down from 7.85 lakhs to 7.45 lakhs.
In a similar trend, daily new cases have come down from over 69,000 in
September to around 46,000 in October. Since 29 July, that is after 84
days, new cases recorded in last 24 hours are less than 50,000.
Three states,
While talking about the medical oxygen
availability in Heathcare Facilities across the country, he informed that
government has taken various proactive steps to ensure adequate supply of
medical oxygen.
“Government believes in proactive and
graded response to the pandemic to augment oxygen supply and we are in an
extremely comfortable position when it comes to supply of medical oxygen,” he
stated.
While presenting the weekly data of oxygen
supply at national level, he informed that, “there were around 43,022 patients
on oxygen support as on 1st September, 2020. The number of patients on
Oxygen support has increased from 43000 to 75000 in the third week of
September. As of now, there are 57000 patients on oxygen support. There
was neither any shortage of medical oxygen in the country during last 10 months
nor any shortage being faced now.”
Reiterating this fact he mentioned that in
spite of daily consumption of oxygen, the oxygen supply has been in surplus.
Peak consumption of medical oxygen of 2791 MT/day was during 9 to
15 September which has come down to 2503MT/day during second week of October.
Now, there is a surplus of 17,103 MT.
He also spoke about various steps taken -
infrastructure augmentation, ensuring un-interrupted oxygen supply, monitoring
and co-ordination with state governments and proactive interventions.
“Oxygen-supported beds in the country have
been increased from around 93,000 in April 2020 to more than 3,80,000 beds (O2
supported beds, ICU beds + Ventilator beds). Similarly oxygen production
capacity has been enhanced from 5913 MT in April 2020 to 6862 MT in September
2020 (7191 MT by the end of Oct, 2020).
Stating this, Shri. Bhushan appreciated
the efforts of various ministries in coming together to enhance medical oxygen
supply in the country. “Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal
Trade, M/o Steel and M/o Health & Family Welfare have jointly made this
effort that resulted in increasing oxygen production. Also, the government is
working towards installing more cryogenic tanks in hospitals and health care
centres which will create a storage capacity of 7438 MT with the installation of
775 tanks.
He also highlighted various facilities
provided to states in oxygen inventory management; Oxygen Monitoring Committee
will be formed to supervise inventory planning, oxygen consumptions. District
Magistrate assisted by Chief Medical Officer will monitor the consumption in a
district on a weekly basis. “Home Ministry’s directions allowed 24 hours
movement of Medical Oxygen between State & UTs. Central Control Rooms
operate to monitor efficient and adequate availability of medical oxygen in
States/UTs”, he said
“As a proactive intervention, the
Government is planning to install PSA oxygen generating plants in more than 390
hospitals across the country. In addition to this import of one lakh MT Liquid
Medical Oxygen has also been initiated to address any anticipated surge in
COVID- 19 cases,” he stated
In reply to a media query on central teams
being sent to states across the country, Joint Secretary, M/o Health &
Welfare said that, “Central teams have been sent to seven states, so far:
Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar & Ladakh.
The teams will coordinate with these states/UTs for surveillance, containment,
infection prevention control and clinical management.”
The presentations made in today’s briefing
can be accessed here
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Evidence-based Impact of National
Deworming Day in
14 States report reduction in worm prevalence; 9 show substantial reduction
Posted
On: 20 OCT 2020 12:36PM by PIB
Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH), also known as
parasitic intestinal worm infection, is a significant public health concern
mostly in low resource settings. These are known to have detrimental effects on
children’s physical growth and well being and can cause anemia and
under-nutrition. Regular deworming as advised by the World Health Organization
eliminates worm infestation among children and adolescents living in areas with
high STH burden, thereby contributing to achieve better nutrition and health.
Since its launch in 2015, the National Deworming Day (NDD),
a flagship program of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,, is
implemented as a biannual single day programme implemented through the
platforms of schools and anganwadis. Albendazole tablet, approved by World
Health Organization (WHO), is used for treatment of intestinal worms in
children and adolescents as part of Mass Drug Administration (MDA) programmes
globally. In the last round of deworming earlier this year in the country
(which was halted due to the COVID pandemic), 11 crore children and adolescents
were administered Albendazole tablet across 25 States/UTs.
As per WHO Report on STH published in 2012, in
To evaluate the impact of the consistently implemented high
coverage NDD programme, the Health Ministry recently initiated follow-up
prevalence surveys led by NCDC and partners. They were guided by the High Level
Scientific Committee (HLSC) appointed by the Ministry. As on date, the
follow-up surveys are completed in 14 States. All 14 States have shown
reduction in the follow up survey compared to the baseline prevalence survey
and the State of
For example, the State of
While further analysis is being led by the HLSC and the
experts at the NCDC, the recommendations of the WHO decision tree for STH
control with regard to treatment frequency is being carefully considered, to
align with the program factors and ability to sustain gains that have been made
so far.
Implementation of NDD is led by the Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women and Child
Development, Ministry of Education and technical assistance from WHO and the
technical partners. This Health Ministry is committed to continuing essential
health services while managing the COVID-19 pandemic. As schools and Anganwadis
remain closed, frontline health workers are trained to follow COVID-19 safety
guidelines while administering Albendazole tablets to children and adolescents
(1-19 years) during home visits or through staggered Village Health Sanitation
and Nutrition Day (VHSND) based model between August and October 2020. The
revised approach is applicable during COVID-19 to maintain continuity of
deworming efforts in the country while minimizing risks related to the pandemic.
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