Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
India scales another peak with
Recovery Rate leaping past 85%
Recovered Cases exceed Active Cases by more than 48 lakhs
18 States/UTs report Recovery Rate more than National Average
Posted
On: 07 OCT 2020 11:13AM by PIB
82,203 recoveries have
been registered in the last 24 hours in the country while the number of new
confirmed cases stands at 72,049. The total number of recoveries has touched 57,44,693. This has bolstered and sustained
The sustained high levels of recoveries have led to further
widening of the gap between active and recovered cases. Recovered cases exceed
the active cases (9,07,883) by more than 48 lakh (48,36,810). The recovered cases are 6.32 times the active cases ensuring that the
recoveries are consistently rising.
The active caseload of the country has further slid to 13.44% of the total positive cases and is
consistently declining.
Matching the rise in the national figure, 18 States/UTs have Recovery Rate more than the national average.
75% of the new recovered
cases are being reported from ten States, viz. Maharashtra, Karnataka Andhra
Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal
and
A total of 72,049 new cases have been reported
in the last 24 hours in the country.
10 States/UTs account for 78% of the new confirmed cases.
986 deaths
have been reported across the country in the past 24 hours.
10 States/UTs account for 83% of the deaths in the last 24 hours due to COVID.
Of the new fatalities,
The months of October to December are time
for festivities that witness gatherings of large number of people in specified
locations for religious worship, fairs, rallies, exhibitions, cultural
functions, processions etc. These events may last a day or a week or more. To
prevent spread of COVID-19 infection, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has
released Standard Operating Procedures on preventive measures to contain spread
of COVID-19 during the festivities. These can be accessed at:
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan digitally
inaugurates Super Speciality Block at Shyam Shah Government Medical College,
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh
This will fulfil the dreams of Late Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
under visionary guidance of Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi: Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Posted
On: 07 OCT 2020 5:21PM by PIB
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare
along with Sh. Aswini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family
Welfare, Sh. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh digitally
inaugurated the Super Speciality Block (SSB) at the
The 200-bedded Super Speciality Block is built with an
investment of Rs 150 crores under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana
(PMSSY) of Government of India. It has departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Nephrology, Urology, Cardiology, CTVS, Neonatology and Pulmonary Medicine.
There will be six modular Operation Theaters, 200 Super Specialty Beds, 30 ICU
Beds and eight ventilators in the SSB. This facility will have a training
capacity of 14 Post Graduate students.
Inaugurating the Super Speciality Block, Dr Harsh Vardhan
congratulated the people of Rewa and Madhya Pradesh. He said, “This will make
The Union Health Minister fondly recalled the Independence
Day Address of 2003 of Late Prime Minister Sh. Atal Bihari Vajpayee to set up
six AIIMS type hospitals under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana. Dr Harsh
Vardhan said, “The government under the visionary and progressive guidance of
Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi ji is committed to providing affordable
medical care facility in all the regions. The number of AIIMS has been
increased from 6 to 22 while another 75 existing institutions are envisioned to
be upgraded to provide AIIMS like services.” He also informed that the Union
Government has sanctioned upgradation of Medical Colleges in the district
of Rajgarh, Mandla, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sheopur, Singrauli and Maheshwar
under Phase 3 of PMSSY in 2019-20.
On
Dr Harsh Vardhan also urged people to follow COVID
appropriate behaviour. He reminded people about the Social Vaccine of wearing
masks/face covers while in public, following hand hygiene and respiratory
etiquette, and maintaining physical distancing or Do Gaz ki Doori to
curb spread of the infection.
Sh. Shivraj Singh Chauhan thanked the Union Government for
its proactive role in strengthening the health infrastructure in Madhya
Pradesh. He said, “This is a proud moment for Madhya Pradesh and the people of
Rewa. With this, the training of the medical students for super speciality
services can be started which will not only give good doctors to the country
but people will be benefitted with such high quality medical services. This
will be an additional effort in the direction of correcting the regional
imbalances of the medical services in the country. Speaking on the timely
importance of the new SSB built under the scheme, he said that people of
adjoining region like Shahdol division, Sagar Division, and adjoining districts
of Uttar Pradesh can also avail of the superior quality of medical services.”
Shri Sunil Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, Shri Vishvas Sarang, Minister of Medical Education, Gas Tragedy
Relief and Rehabilitation, Madhya Pradesh, Shri Rajmani Patel, Member of Rajya
Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, Shri Janardan Mishra, Member of Lok Sabha from
Rewa, along with senior dignitaries were present at the event.
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