Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
At less than 3% of Total Cases, India’s Active
Caseload of 2.89 lakh continues to retreat
26 States/UTs have less than 10,000 Active Cases
23 States/UTs have better Tests per Million than National average
16 States/UTs have weekly Positivity Rate less than National Average
Posted On: 23 DEC
2020 10:45AM by PIB
The
ongoing trend of contraction of
Following
the national trend, 26 States/UTs have less than 10,000 active cases.
The
daily recoveries exceeding the daily new cases have ensured a total net
reduction of the Active Caseload. While 23,950 persons were
found positive in the past 24 hours,
An
average of more than 10 lakh tests conducted daily has ensured that the
cumulative positivity rate is sustained at low levels and is presently
following a downward trajectory.
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16 States/UTs have weekly positivity rate less
than the national average.
15 States/UTs have cumulative positivity
rate less than the national average.
With
the expansion of testing infrastructure, States/UTs that have positivity rate
more than the national average are also registering a decline in their
positivity rate.
Total
Recoveries stand at 9,663,382. The Recovery Rate has also
increased to 95.69%.
75.87% 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 5,057 newly recovered
cases. 4,122 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed
by 2,270 in
77.34% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs.
Kerala
continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,049. It is followed by
333 case fatalities have been reported in the past
24 hours.
Ten
States/UTs account for 75.38% of new deaths.
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Ministry of Health issued Standard Operating Procedure
for Epidemiological Surveillance and Response in the context of new variant of
SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in
Posted On: 23 DEC
2020 2:21PM by PIB
A
new variant of SARS- CoV 2 virus [Variant Under Investigation (VUI)-20212/01]
has been reported by the Government of United Kingdom (UK) to World Health
Organization (WHO) . This variantis estimated by
Ministry of
Health has issued SOP for Epidemiological Surveillance and Response for the
same. The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes the activities to be
undertaken at the point of entry and in the community for all International
passengers who have travelled from or transited through UK in the past 4 weeks
(from 25th November to 23rd December
2020). Any reference to testing in this SOP implies RT-PCR testing only.
The flights from
Those who are found negative
on testing with RT-PCR at the airport would be advised quarantine at home.
Prior to check-in, the traveler will be explained about this SOP and In-flight
announcements must also be made.
Those international
travelers from
State Governments/
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme will ensure that all the contacts of
those travelers from
Link for the SOP:
https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/SOPforSurveillanceandresponseforthenewSARSCov2variant.pdf
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Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare
Union Health Secretary reviews the status of
passengers coming from
Posted On: 23 DEC
2020 7:51PM by PIB
Shri
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, reviewed the status of passengers
coming from UK to India and found positive in the States/UTs of
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Goa, Punjab,
Gujarat and Kerala and their response measures in a meeting held through Video
Conferencing today, in the presence of DG, ICMR, Health Secretaries from the
States/UT, NHM MD,Ms Arti Ahuja, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health , Dr
Sujeet Singh, Director, NCDC, and other senior health officials.
The
Standard Operating Procedure issued by this Ministry on 22.12.2020 for
Epidemiological Surveillance and Response in the context of new variant of
SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in
The
States/UTs were advised to access the details of passengers from
The
list of six identified Laboratories along with the contact details of their
nodal officers was also shared with the states. the laboratories are:
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative BiologyNew Delhi; CSIR- Centre for
Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad; DBT- Institute of Life Sciences,
Bhubaneswar; DBT-InStem-NCBS, Bangalore;DBT-National Institute of Biomedical
Genomics (NIBMG), Kalyani, West Bengal; ICMR- National Institute of Virology,
Pune. The number of such designated labs would increase over time and their
details would be shared with the States/UTs.
The
concerns related to logistics etc raised by the states were clarified in the
meeting. The states were also advised to co-ordinate with the respective
Airport Health Offices (APHOs) and surveillance officials in their state in
order to ensure adherence to the SOPs.
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