Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare
15,968 daily new cases registered in the last 24 hours
Posted
On: 13 JAN 2021 11:41AM by PIB
A net decline of 2051 cases has been recorded in the total active cases in last 24 hours.
The daily cases in
The total recovered cases stand at 10,129,111 which translates to a Recovery Rate of 96.51%. The gap between Recovered cases and Active
cases continues to grow and presently stands at 99,14,604.
81.83% 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 4,270 recoveries.
74.82% of the
new cases are concentrated in 7 States and UTs.
Kerala reported the maximum daily new cases numbering 5,507
in the last 24 hours.
Seven States/UTs account for 70.30% of the 202 case fatalities reported in the past 24 hours.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive is scheduled to kick start
from 16th January,
2021. The massive country-wide exercise in underpinned by the principles of
people’s participation (Jan Bhagidari); utilizing experience of elections
(booth strategy) and Universal Immunization Program (UIP); no compromise of
existing healthcare services, especially national programs and primary health
care; no compromise on scientific and regulatory norms, other SOPs; and an
orderly and smooth implementation driven by technology.
The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine will provide priority to
the healthcare workers and the frontline workers who are estimated to be around
3 cr, followed by those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population
groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 cr.
Study technology frameworks will ensure orderly and smooth
implementation of the vaccination drive.
The total number of persons found to be positive with the
new
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