Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Sustained shedding of Active Caseload continues; drops
to 3.03 Lakh after 161 days
Daily Recoveries outnumber daily New Cases successively since last 24 days
Posted On: 21 DEC
2020 12:03PM by PIB
The
daily new recoveries recorded in the country have been more than the daily
cases registered since the last 24 days. The number of daily new cases in the
last 24 hours is 24,337. 25,709 cases
recovered and were discharged in the last 24 hours.
The
rising recoveries have also improved the Recovery Rate to 95.53% today.
The
total recovered cases stand at 9,606,111. These are
amongst the highest globally. The gap between Recovered Cases and Active Cases
is bridging fast and presently stands at 93,02,472.
71.61% of the new recovered cases
are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala
has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,471 newly
recovered cases. 2,627 people recovered in West Bengal followed by
2,064 in
79.20% of the new cases are
from 10 States and UTs.
Kerala
reported the highest daily new cases at 5,711. It is followed by
333 case fatalities have been
reported in the past 24 hours.
Ten
States/UTs account for 81.38% of the new
deaths. 
Focussed
measures including targeted testing, early identification, timely isolation
& prompt hospitalization & Standard Treatment Protocol have ensured
that daily fatalities are under 400.
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Dr. Harsh Vardhan digitally inaugurates the Academic
session 2020-21 of the first batch of MBBS students in AIIMS Rajkot,
“The doctors and health workers have been at the forefront of the country’s
struggle during the current COVID pandemic”
“Medicine is a novel and a stressful profession. The young and bright minds,
who have chosen the profession of a doctor, are worthy of appreciation”
Posted On: 21 DEC
2020 3:46PM by PIB
Dr.
Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare digitally
inauguratedthe Academic session 2020-21 of the first batch of MBBS students in
AIIMS Rajkot, Gujarat in the presence of Sh. Ashwini Kr. Choubey, Union
Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Vijay Rupani, Chief
Minister of Gujarat and Shri Nitinbhai Patel, Deputy Chief Minister &
Health Minister of Gujarat.
AIIMS,
Congratulating
the students of the first batch of MBBS in AIIMS Rajkot, Dr Vardhan said,
“AIIMS,
Reiterating
the priority of the government to bridge the regional imbalance in healthcare
services and to expand the facilities for medical education, Dr Vardhan noted,
“Government of India’s initiative in setting up new AIIMS in different States
to promote regional spread of Super specialty health care and its
accessibility, while simultaneous up-gradation of existing Medical Colleges set
up 20 years ago, over the plan periods, was a concerted step in the direction
of furtherance in reduction of gaps between the demand and supply of doctors as
well as the hospital beds.”
He
continued, “AIIMS Rajkot shall have 125 MBBS seats, including the seats for EWS
students. In addition, it shall have 60 Nursing students in due course of time.
The Health Ministry is striving to achieve the WHO target of doctor-patient
ratio of “1 for every 1000” by 2021. Our government has been making an honest
endeavour to increase the overall availability of MBBS seats to 80,000 with the
urgent aim to bridge the gap in requirement of doctors.”“From Academic Session
2013-14, the total number of MBBS seats in the six new AIIMS went upto 600,
providing an opportunity to an additional 300 MBBS aspirants. With the addition
of new AIIMS, like AIIMS Rajkot, in the year 2020, the overall availability of
MBBS seats in the country has risen to 42,495 in Government Institutions,” he
added.
Shri
Choubey said, “It is a matter of great happiness that AIIMS Gujarat is starting
its first academic batch of MBBS students. This will be a landmark in the area
of medical education in the state. During the COVID times, the contribution of
our healthcare workers has been significant in controlling the pandemic.”
At
the end, Dr Vardhan said, “The doctors and health workers have been at the
forefront of the country’s struggle during the current COVID pandemic. The
young and bright minds, who have chosen the profession of a Doctor are worthy
of appreciation. I bless you all and wish you a successful career ahead.”
Shri
Mohanbhai Kundariya, Member of Parliament,Smt. Poonamben Madaam, Member of
parliament, Dr. Amee Yajnik, Member of parliament, Shri Rajesh Bhushan,
Secretary Health,Dr. P K Dave, President of AIIMS, Dr. Sanjeev Misra, Director,
AIIMS Rajkot and other senior officers and dignitaries joined the event.
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