Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Less than 500 Deaths reported in last 24 hours
14 States/UTs have Case Fatality Ratio less than 1%
Posted
On: 26 OCT 2020 12:01PM by PIB
The focused efforts of Centre and State/UT governments on
effective clinical management of the hospitalized cases have ensured that
Less than 500 deaths (480) have been reported in last 24 hours in the
country.
As part of the COVID management and response policy, there
has been a sharp focus of the Central Government on not only containing the
COVID, but to reduce deaths and to save lives by providing quality clinical
care to the critical and severe patients of COVID. Collaborative efforts of the
A unique initiative to build the capacities of the ICU
doctors in clinical management of critical patients towards reducing the
fatality, e-ICU has been started by AIIMS,
Till date, 25
tele-sessions have been held, and 393 institutions across 34 States/UTs have participated
in them.
To further build the ICU/clinical management capacities of
doctors for treatment of critical patients, AIIMS New Delhi in collaboration
with the Health Ministry has developed FAQs. These have been posted on the
MoHFW website and can be accessed at:
https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/AIIMSeICUsFAQs01SEP.pdf
Also, many States have conducted the population surveys to
map and identify the vulnerable population like the elderly, pregnant women and
those with co-morbidities. This, with the help of technological solutions like
Mobile Apps, has ensured keeping the high-risk population under continuous
observation, thus aiding early identification, timely clinical treatment and
reducing fatalities. At the ground level, frontline health workers like ASHAs
and ANMs have done a commendable job of managing the migrant population and to
enhance awareness at the community level.
As a result, there are 14
States and UTs with CFR lower than 1%.
59,105 new recoveries
were added in last 24 hour whereas new recovered cases were 45,148. With
this, the total number of recoveries have crossed 71 Lakh (71,37,228). Higher number of single day recoveries
is also reflected in the continuous increase in the national recovery rate,
which is at present 90.23%.
78% of the new recovered
cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs .
Karnataka has contributed the maximum to the single day
recoveries with more than 10,000 cases followed by Kerala with more than 7,000
cases.
45,148 new confirmed
cases were registered in the last 24 hours in the country. This is the lowest
since 22nd July when
37,000 new cases were added.
82% of new
confirmed cases are from
10 States and UTs. Kerala and Maharashtra contribute maximum to the new
confirmed cases with more than 6,000 cases each followed by Karnataka,
480 case fatalities
have been reported in the past 24 hours. Of these, nearly 80% are concentrated in ten States/UTs.
More than 23% of new fatalities reported are from
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