COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 30.1.2021

 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Update on COVID-19 Vaccination-Day 15

More than 37 lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country

2,06,130 beneficiaries vaccinated till 7 pm today

Posted On: 30 JAN 2021 8:14PM by PIB Delhi

 

The number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed the 37L mark on the fifteenth day of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program.

The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 is 37,06,157 (as at 7 pm today), as per the provisional report. Total of 68,830 sessions have been held so far. 5,143 sessions were held till 7 pm today.

2,06,130 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 7 pm today. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

India is the fastest country to reach not only the one million target but also two million and three million marks in COVID19 vaccination. Several other countries which have had a head start, some as much as 40-50 days, have taken a longer time to reach these targets.

S. No.	State/UT	Beneficiaries vaccinated
1	A & N Islands	2727
2	Andhra Pradesh	1,86,581
3	Arunachal Pradesh	9,512
4	Assam	38,106
5	Bihar	1,45,231
6	Chandigarh	3447
7	Chhattisgarh	72,707
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	692
9	Daman & Diu	391
10	Delhi	56,757
11	Goa	3391
12	Gujarat	2,44,398
13	Haryana	1,25,898
14	Himachal Pradesh	27,734
15	Jammu & Kashmir	26,634
16	Jharkhand	40,680
17	Karnataka	3,15,343
18	Kerala	1,58,687
19	Ladakh	1128
20	Lakshadweep	807
21	Madhya Pradesh	2,73,872
22	Maharashtra	2,69,064
23	Manipur	3987
24	Meghalaya	4324
25	Mizoram	9346
26	Nagaland	3,993
27	Odisha	2,06,424
28	Puducherry	2736
29	Punjab	57,499
30	Rajasthan	3,26,745
31	Sikkim	2020
32	Tamil Nadu	1,01,840
33	Telangana	1,66,606
34	Tripura	29,796
35	Uttar Pradesh	4,63,793
36	Uttarakhand	28,380
37	West Bengal	2,42,761
38	Miscellaneous	52,120
	All India	37,06,157

 

 

71 AEFIs have been reported till 7 pm on the fifteenth day of the vaccination drive.

 

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Union Health Secretary reviews status of COVID vaccination with States and UTs

States/UTs advised to increase percentage coverage of beneficiaries, increase and optimize sessions/day and commence vaccinating Frontline Workers from 1st week of February

Posted On: 30 JAN 2021 7:19PM by PIB Delhi

 

Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary reviewed the status of COVID vaccination with Health Secretaries and NHM MDs of States and UTs, through a video conference (VC) today. One of the largest such exercise globally, the countrywide COVID19 vaccination programme was launched two weeks back on 16^th January 2021 by the Hon. Prime Minister.

At the outset, the Union Health Secretary appreciated the exceptional and creditworthy performance of all States and UTs on COVID19 vaccination. Elaborating on the global landmarks crossed by India, he underlined that India is the fastest country to reach not only the one million target but also two million and three million marks in COVID19 vaccination. Several other countries which have had a head start, some as much as 40-50 days, have taken a longer time to reach these targets, he pointed out.  

 

The Union Health Secretary highlighted the following issues that need attention of the States/UTs to improve and accelerate the coverage as the country moves forward with the vaccination drive.

 

While some States and UTs have more than 50% coverage, they were all advised to improve the percentage coverage of vaccinated beneficiaries as there are many States and UTs that need to improve their performance on this parameter. The Health Secretary pointed out that COVID19 vaccine is available in sufficient quantity and technical glitches on CoWIN have now been resolved. States/UTs were advised to ensure that regular review meetings of the State, District and Block Task Force were held to assess the emerging challenges, understand the ground issues and promptly address them at the appropriate levels.

It was pointed that there is a huge scope for improvement in the number of average vaccinations per session. The State Health Secretaries were asked to analyze the daily variation in the number of average vaccination and take the necessary steps to increase them.

States/UTs were also asked to organize multiple simultaneous vaccination sessions/day in the health facility wherever possible. This would substantially boost the number of vaccinations per day. He urged the District Immunisation Officers to interact with the nodal officer at the session sites on a regular basis to evaluate the scope of this enhancement.

Drawing attention to the recent letter of the Health Ministry, the Union Health Secretary pointed out that a provisional digital vaccination certificate after the first dose and final certificate after completing the second dose is required to be issued.  States/UTs were asked to take the necessary steps to ensure that the vaccination certificates are issued to all vaccinated beneficiaries before they exit the session.

He reiterated that validation of eligibility and verification of identity of a beneficiary is of utmost importance to ensure that only genuine and duly authenticated beneficiaries are vaccinated as per the priority group identified.  In order to create Immutable Vaccination Event Records (IVER), it is essential that a reliable authentication of beneficiaries is done. Since use of Aadhar for verification provides a most reliable authentication of beneficiaries, Aadhar based authentication must be the preferred mode of verification of beneficiaries prior to the vaccination. He highlighted that CoWIN software interface provides for authentication of beneficiaries through use of Aadhar, and urged States and UTs that the vaccinators should be sensitized to do proper authentication of beneficiaries. The compliance should be strictly monitored at the District level and State level in the District Task Force and State Task Force meetings.

The importance of timely data reconciliation was also emphasized upon during the detailed review meeting. As the vaccination drive has substantially stabilized in the past two weeks, States/UTs were strongly urged to reconcile the arrear data on the CoWIN app. This shall duly ensure that all beneficiaries are accounted for as the exercise moves forward to its next phase.

As has already been communicated, vaccination of the frontline workers shall commence from the first week of February 2021. The State/UT health authorities were advised to undertake the necessary planning for ensuring smooth implementation of this phase.

A comprehensive discussion of issues and feedback from the States and UTs was held during the review meeting.           

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President of India launches countrywide Pulse Polio Programme for 2021

More than 17 Crore Children will be given Polio Drops during “Polio Ravivar” tomorrow

A decade of being Polio Free; Last case in 2011- Dr. Harsh Vardhan

“Collective effort of States, UTs, healthcare workers, volunteers, civil society organisations has kept India Polio Free for three decades”

Posted On: 30 JAN 2021 6:26PM by PIB Delhi

 

Hon. President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind launched the Pulse Polio Programme for 2021 today by administering polio drops to children less than five years old at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, in the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare.

The Hon. President and First Lady Smt. Savita Kovind administered polio drops to children on the eve of the Polio National Immunization Day, which is observed on the 31^st January 2021 (Sunday), also popularly known as Polio Ravivar. Around 17 crore children of less than 5 years of age will be given polio drops as part of the drive of Government of India to sustain polio free status of the country. The countrywide drive will be supported by about 24 lakh volunteers, 1.5 lakh supervisors and many Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), WHO, UNICEF, Rotary etc. Healthcare workers will be visiting as many as 2 crore households to ensure that no child is left without the protection of the polio vaccine.

Speaking at the launch event, Dr. Harsh Vardhan expressed deep gratitude towards the President and the First Lady for their kind presence, particularly at the time of COVID pandemic to highlight India’s commitment to protect all the children of India from all vaccine preventable diseases.

He reminisced his personal journey of leading the fight against Polio as the Health Minister, Delhi Government when India accounted for 60% of all Polio cases globally.  “The strategy of Pulse Polio Immunization Programme was conceived in December 1993 and it was rolled out from 2^nd October, 1994 when the first child was immunized against Polio as part of this programme. Almost 12 lakh children were immunized in a single day at around 4000 centres. In 1995 seeing the visible impact of the Pulse Polio Programme in Delhi, this was replicated at the national level. A year later, several countries of South East Asia region of WHO emulated the strategy and implemented similar programs. Even in Africa, Mr. Nelson Mandela launched ‘Kick Polio out of Africa’ campaign”, the Union Health Minister recollected.  

Cherishing the success of the program, Dr. Harsh Vardhan said, “Before the start of the program, India had 60% caseload of Polio worldwide. With the last case of Polio reported in Howrah on 13th January, 2011, the country has been free of Polio for a decade now.”

The Union Health Minister applauding India’s accomplishments along with the precautionary measures that should hence be taken said, “‘Polio-free certification’ of the entire South-East Asia Region of WHO including India on the 27^th of March 2014 was a huge accomplishment in the history of India and Global Public Health. However, we need to remain vigilant and maintain the population immunity against polio with sensitive surveillance till global polio eradication happens. We all know that poliovirus is still circulating in other parts of the world including our neighbouring countries which may re-infect us. Pakistan and Afghanistan of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO are still reporting Polio cases.”

He pointed out that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, Universal Immunization Programme is focusing to protect children from more diseases than ever before and has introduced several new vaccines like Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine, and Measles-Rubella vaccine in the recent past. “To provide additional protection to our children, Government of India has also introduced the injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine into its routine immunization program,” he added.

Detailing on the mitigation measures that the government has taken, he noted the efforts in strengthening routine immunization:“While we are making efforts to protect our children from more and more diseases, it is important that all vaccines under the programme reach every last child of our country. The lessons learnt from polio programme are being implemented to strengthen routine immunization by carrying out Mission Indradhanush, Gram Swaraj Abhiyan, Extended Gram Swaraj Abhiyan and Intensified Mission Indradhanush I and II– a drive toward 90% full immunization coverage of India by year 2018 and to sustain it thereafter. In order to close gaps that might have emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, another phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI 3.0) has been planned in 250 high risk districts of the country during February and March 2021. In addition to this, guidance for conduction of Sub-National Immunization days for polio and sensitive surveillance of vaccine preventable diseases during pandemic has also been issued to States.”

The Health Minister also appreciated the efforts of State Governments and the supporting organizations like WHO, UNICEF and Rotary International etc., for strengthening the efforts of the Government not only for polio programme but also for other initiatives in immunization. He also applauded the efforts of the thousands of volunteers, frontline workers, and health officials across the states for their tireless efforts in keeping the country polio-free. “My deepest gratitude to all those mothers who have brought and will bring their children to the Polio Booths for vaccination. I also thank all those country men and women who have contributed in any way to the success of this programme”, Dr Harsh Vardhan stated.

Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Dr Manohar Agnani, Addl. Secy (Health), MoHFW, Dr. Roderico Orfin, Country Representative of WHO, Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, Country Representative, UNICEF and senior officers of Health Ministry were present at the event.

                                                                                                                                        

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India’s Active Cases drops to less than 1.7 lakh today; now consists just 1.58% of Total Positive Cases

Over 5,70,000 vaccinations conducted for two successive days

More than 35 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated against COVID19

Posted On: 30 JAN 2021 10:52AM by PIB Delhi

 

India’s total Active Caseload has dropped to less than 1.7 lakh (1,69,824) today.

The active caseload now consists of less than 1.6% (just 1.58%) of India’s total Positive Cases. 

9 States/UTs have a higher weekly Positivity Rate than the national average. Kerala records highest weekly positivity rate with 12.20%, followed by Chhattisgarh with 7.30%. 

27 States/UTs have weekly Positivity Rate less than the national average. 

With a consistent rise in cumulative recoveries, India’s Recovery Rate has reached nearly 97% (96.98%).  India’s recovery rate is one of the highest globally.

More than 1.04 cr (1,04,09,160) people have recovered so far. 14,808 patients have recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours.  

India has also significantly scaled up its COVID19 inoculation drive.

Over 5.7 lakh people have been vaccinated successively for the last 2 days.

As on 30^thJanuary, 2021, till 8:00 AM, more than 35 lakh (35,00,027) beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID19 vaccination exercise.

In the last 24 hours, 5,71,974 people were vaccinated across 10,809 sessions. 63,687 sessions have been conducted so far.

 

 

S. No.	States/UTs	Beneficiaries Vaccinated
1	A & N Islands	2,727
2	Andhra Pradesh	1,79,038
3	Arunachal Pradesh	9,265
4	Assam	36,932
5	Bihar	1,10,396
6	Chandigarh	2,977
7	Chhattisgarh	62,529
8	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	607
9	Daman & Diu	333
10	Delhi	48,008
11	Goa	3,391
12	Gujarat	2,21,675
13	Haryana	1,23,935
14	Himachal Pradesh	22,918
15	Jammu & Kashmir	26,634
16	Jharkhand	33,119
17	Karnataka	3,07,891
18	Kerala	1,35,835
19	Ladakh	989
20	Lakshadweep	746
21	Madhya Pradesh	2,46,181
22	Maharashtra	2,61,320
23	Manipur	3,399
24	Meghalaya	4,200
25	Mizoram	8,497
26	Nagaland	3,973
27	Odisha	2,05,200
28	Puducherry	2,299
29	Punjab	54,988
30	Rajasthan	3,24,973
31	Sikkim	2,020
32	Tamil Nadu	97,126
33	Telangana	1,66,606
34	Tripura	27,617
35	Uttar Pradesh	4,63,793
36	Uttarakhand	25,818
37	West Bengal	2,21,994
38	Miscellaneous	50,078
Total		35,00,027

 

85.10% 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 6,398 newly recovered cases. 2,613 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 607 in Karnataka. 

13,083 daily new cases registered in the last 24 hours.

81.95% of the new cases are from 6 States and UTs.

Kerala continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,268. It is followed by Maharashtra with 2,771, while Tamil Nadu reported 509 new cases. 

137 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.

Seven States/UTs account for 83.94% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (56). Kerala follows with 22daily deaths and Punjab with 11.                                                                                                                                               

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