Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
India’s Active Caseload further contracts to
3.52Lakhs; lowest in 149 days
Daily New Recoveries outnumber Daily New Cases from last 17 days
With 93.88 lakhs total recoveries, the recovery rate nears 95%
Posted On: 14 DEC
2020 10:44AM by PIB
India’s
active cases today stand at 3,52,586.The share
of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases has further shrunk to 3.57%. This is lowest after 149 days. The total
active cases were 3,58,692 on 18thJuly, 2020
The
daily recoveries exceeding new cases have ensured a total net reduction of the
Active Caseload. A net decline of 3,960 cases has
been recorded in the total active cases in last 24 hours.
27,071 new cases were added to the national
tally in the last 24 hours whereas 30,695 cases have
recovered in the last 24 hours. The daily recoveries are exceeding the new
cases from last 17 days.
The
total recovered cases are nearing 94 lakhs (9,388,159) which
translates to a Recovery Rate of 94.98%. The gap
between Recovered cases and Active cases continues to grow and presently stands
at 9,035,573.
75.58% of the new recovered cases
are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala
reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,258 recoveries.
75.82% of the new cases are
concentrated in 10 States and UTs.
Kerala
reported the maximum daily new cases numbering 4,698in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra recorded 3,717 new cases whileWest
Ten
States/UTs account for79.46%of the336 case fatalities reported in the past 24 hours.
20.83% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra which
reported 70 deaths.West Bengal and
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
“eSanjeevani” telemedicine service records 1 million
tele-consultations
“eSanjeevani” telemedicine service 1 million tele-consultations
eSanjeevani used by patients in over 550 districts
Volume of Consultations per day increases to around 14,000
Posted On: 14 DEC
2020 2:42PM by PIB
eSanjeevani
initiative of Health Ministry is serving in two streams in 28 States and
eSanjeevani
is being used by patients in over 550 districts of
Considering
the inherent potential and social impact of this emergent digital modality of
delivery of health services, the States have designed innovative applications
around eSanjeevaniOPD. In Kerala, eSanjeevaniOPD is is being used for providing
health services to the inmates of Palakkad District Jail, in Himachal Pradesh
too it is being rolled out in old age homes. Quick adoption of eSanjeevaniOPD
services across the country has enabled launch of wide range of speciality and
super-speciality OPDs including alternative medical systems such as AYUSH and
naturopathy. Kerala has already setting up OPDs on eSanjeevaniOPD for providing
services of Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram – District Early Intervention
Centres for its populace. Each of these 14 onlineOPDs has a team comprising of
psychologist, special educator, speech therapist and a physiotherapist who
collectively address common issues pertaining to child development and their
future health.
The
State Governments are complimenting the efforts of the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare, by establishing a robust digital health ecosystem
comprising of IT savvy human and infrastructural resources to boost the
adoption of eSanjeevani. The Health Informatics group of Centre for Development
of Advanced Computing in Mohali is providing end-to-end technical services
including development, implementation, operations, of eSanjeevaniOPD besides
training clinicians. The Health Ministry in consultation with the States
and C-DAC Mohali is consistently working towards enriching features and
functionalities in eSanjeevani to empower patients and doctors even more.
The
top ten States with highest consultations through eSanjeevani and
eSanjeevaniOPD platforms are Tamil Nadu (319507), Uttar Pradesh (268889),
Madhya Pradesh (70838), Gujarat (63601), Kerala (62797), Himachal Pradesh
(49224), Andhra Pradesh (39853), Karnataka (32693), Uttarakhand (31910) and
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