Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
New Recoveries exceed New Cases
continuously from last 5 weeks
Sustained dip in the Active Cases; stand at 5.2 lakh today
Posted
On: 06 NOV 2020 11:19AM by PIB
Less than 50,000 new cases have been reported in the
country in the last 24 hours whereas the daily new recoveries have exceeded
54,000.
54,157 COVID
patients have recovered and discharged in the last 24 hours whereas the new
confirmed cases presently are pegged at 47,638.
There is a continuous decline in average daily new cases
for last 5 weeks. From registering more than 73,000 average daily new cases in
the first week of October, the average daily new cases have declined to 46,000
cases.
The active cases are also on a sustained decline as a
result of continuously rising recoveries. The active cases stand at 5,20,773 today.
The active cases now comprise only 6.19% of the total
positive cases of the country.
The declining trend of the active cases is supported by a
high number of recovered cases. The total recovered cases stand at 7,765,966. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases is nearing 72.5 lakh (72,45,193). The national Recovery Rate has further improved to 92.32%
80% of the
new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
79% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs.
670 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Of these, ten States/UTs account for nearly 86%. More than 38% of new fatalities reported are from
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Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan discusses
implementation of Prime Minister’s Jan Andolanwith Health and Medical Education
Minister of Chhattisgarh Sh. T.S. Singh Deo
“We all need to be more vigilant for the next three months.”
Rise in Daily Cases and Mortality in Some Districts in Chhattisgarh Key Points
of Concern
Posted
On: 06 NOV 2020 8:14PM by PIB
Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare today interacted withSh. Tribhuvaneshwar Saran Singh Deo,Health and
Medical Education Minister of Chhattisgarh in the presence ofDistrict
Magistrates and Municipal Commissionersof different districts of Chhattisgarh.
Reiterating his concern that the coming winter and the long
festive season pose a significant risk that could threaten the gains made
against COVID-19, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “We all need to bemore vigilant for
the next three months.Hon’ble Prime Minister’s message of wearing mask,
maintaining a physical distance and frequent handwashing should reach the last
citizen.”
Comparing the COVID trajectory of Chhattisgarh with that of
the country, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “The recovery rate of Chhattisgarh stands
at 87% against the National rate of 92%. The State actually has a lower CFR of
1.19% compared to 1.49% for the entire country.” He expressed concern that the
State is still seeing a high positivity in the districts of Rajnandgaon, Durg,
The Union Health Minister also observed that the RT-PCR to
RAT Ratio of the State is presently 20:80 percent. While the RAT has its
benefits in early identification, he added that the gold standard of testing is
RT-PCR and the State needs to increase its proportion.
The third area of concern highlighted by Dr Harsh Vardhan
was the spike in the number of daily deaths in the recent days, averaging about
50.
Dr. Sujeet Singh, Director, National Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) apprised everybody present on the trajectory of COVID in the
various districts of Chhattisgarh.
Sh. Deo noted that State administration hasseen the maximum
spread in the Central regions along the Mumbai-Kolkata Transport Corridor. He
further added that the recent inflation in death figures was due to clearing
the backlog of the earlier days; the recent reports have recorded the 'cause of
death' and this reconciliation has led to the surge. He was of the view that
after these arrears were taken care of, the daily death figures would
stabilize. He also shared many best practices of the administration like its
preparation for last mile vaccine delivery and savings in bulk procurement of
COVID related medical items.
Dr Harsh Vardhan interacted with the DMs of the districts
reporting a surge in cases such as
Sh. Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretaryrequested the
Chhattisgarh Administration to ramp up testing; to check the feasibility of
targeted testing of areas where superspreading may take place like markets and
bus terminuses; to complete contact tracing within the first 72 hours; to
prepare a database of people who are co-morbid and more than fifty years of
agefor their focused monitoring. He added that for encouraging people to adopt
COVID appreciate behaviour, behaviour change communication is important. He
urged for appeals for following COVID appropriate behaviour to be made by
Panchayat representatives, ULB representatives, MLAs, Cabinet ministers and
other prominent personalities in the State.
Ms.Renu G. Pillay, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and
Medical Education, Chhattisgarh was also present in the meeting. Sh.Lav
Agarwal,Jt. Secretary (Health) and other senior officials of the Ministry were
present in the meeting.
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