COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 22.2.2021

 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative Testing stand at 21.15 Cr today with nearly 2400 testing labs across the country

India’s Cumulative Vaccination coverage has crossed 1.11 crore

No new COVID Fatality reported in 19 States/UTs; No new cases reported in 7 States/UTs in the last 24 hours

Posted On: 22 FEB 2021 1:04PM by PIB Delhi

 

India has registered a record in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests. It has crossed the 21.15 crore (21,15,51,746) tests.6,20,216 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.

Progressive countrywide expansion in testing infrastructure has played a crucial role in the steep rise of testing numbers. With 2393 testing labs in the country including 1,220 Government laboratories and 1,173 Private laboratories, the daily testing capacity has got a substantial boost.

India’s cumulative national Positivity Rate is presently pegged at 5.20%.

The number of beneficiaries being tested per million every day has shown a consistent and progressive increase. India’s tests per million stand at 1,53,298.4 today. 

As on 22^nd February, 2021, the vaccination coverage was 1,11,16,854 through 2,32,317 sessions, as per the provisional report till 8 am today. These include 63,97,849 HCWs (1st dose), 9,67,852HCWs (2nd dose) and 37,51,153FLWs (1st dose).

The 2nd dose of COVID19 vaccination started on 13^th February, 2021 for those beneficiaries who have completed 28 days after receipt of the 1st dose. Vaccination of the FLWs started on 2^nd Feb 2021.

 

S. No.	State/UT	Beneficiaries vaccinated
		1stDose	2ndDose	Total Doses
1	A&N Islands	4,846	1,306	6,152
2	Andhra Pradesh	4,13,678	89,645	5,03,323
3	Arunachal Pradesh	19,702	4,041	23,743
4	Assam	1,54,754	11,050	1,65,804
5	Bihar	5,22,811	39,046	5,61,857
6	Chandigarh	12,953	795	13,748
7	Chhattisgarh	3,41,251	20,699	3,61,950
8	Dadra& Nagar Haveli	4,939	244	5,183
9	Daman & Diu	1,735	213	1,948
10	Delhi	2,94,081	17,329	3,11,410
11	Goa	15,070	1,113	16,183
12	Gujarat	8,22,193	60,925	8,83,118
13	Haryana	2,08,308	23,987	2,32,295
14	Himachal Pradesh	95,105	12,092	1,07,197
15	Jammu & Kashmir	2,00,695	6,731	2,07,426
16	Jharkhand	2,54,531	11,484	2,66,015
17	Karnataka	5,41,332	1,14,043	6,55,375
18	Kerala	3,99,284	38,829	4,38,113
19	Ladakh	5,827	600	6,427
20	Lakshadweep	1,809	115	1,924
21	Madhya Pradesh	6,40,805	3,778	6,44,583
22	Maharashtra	8,78,829	47,637	9,26,466
23	Manipur	40,215	1,711	41,926
24	Meghalaya	23,877	629	24,506
25	Mizoram	14,627	2,241	16,868
26	Nagaland	21,526	3,909	25,435
27	Odisha	4,38,127	94,966	5,33,093
28	Puducherry	9,251	853	10,104
29	Punjab	1,22,527	14,269	1,36,796
30	Rajasthan	7,82,701	38,358	8,21,059
31	Sikkim	11,865	700	12,565
32	Tamil Nadu	3,39,686	31,160	3,70,846
33	Telangana	2,80,973	87,159	3,68,132
34	Tripura	82,369	11,587	93,956
35	Uttar Pradesh	10,66,290	85,752	11,52,042
36	Uttarakhand	1,31,384	7,166	1,38,550
37	West Bengal	6,39,252	49,912	6,89,164
38	Miscellaneous	3,09,794	31,778	3,41,572
Total		1,01,49,002	9,67,852	1,11,16,854

 

As on Day-37 of the vaccination drive (21^stFebruary, 2021), 31,681 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 24,471 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 1,429 sessions for 1^st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and 7,210 HCWs received 2^nd dose of vaccine.

Out of total 1,11,16,854 vaccine doses, 1,01,49,002 (HCWs and FLWs) received 1^st dose of vaccine and total 9,67,852 HCWs received 2^nd dose of vaccine. 

60.17% of the total vaccine doses are concentrated in 7 States. Karnataka alone accounts for 11.8% (1,14,043 doses).

India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1.06 Cr (1,06,99,410) today. The Recovery Rate is 97.22%. The recovered cases exceed the active cases by 1,05,49,355 (71.3 times).

9,695 patients have been recovered and got discharged in the last 24 hours.

80.86% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 5 States.

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,345 newly recovered cases. 2,417 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 460 in Tamil Nadu.

 

The country’s Active Caseload is 1.50 lakh (1,50,055) today. The present active caseload now consists of 1.36% of India’s total Positive Cases. 14,199 new daily cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

Seven States/UTs have not reported any new cases in last 24 hours. These are Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, D&D and D&N, A&N Islands.

86.3% of the new cases are from5 States.

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,971. It is followed by Kerala with 4,070 while Tamil Nadu reported 452 new cases. 

Nineteen States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, J&K, Rajasthan, Odisha, Goa, Chandigarh, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Tripura, Nagaland, Ladakh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, D&D and D&N, A&N Islands.

83 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Five States account for 78.31% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (35). Kerala reported 15 deaths.

                                                                                                                                               

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Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches Operational Guidelines for integration of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) with NPCDCS

“India has become the first country in the world to identify the need for action for NAFLD”

Vision of the Government is to move from Diagnostic Cure to Preventive Health: Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Ayushman Bharat-HWCs organising 6.91 Lakh Yoga and Wellness sessions at the Community Level

Posted On: 22 FEB 2021 2:40PM by PIB Delhi.

 

Dr Harsh Vardhan,UnionMinister of Health&Family Welfare, launched the operational guidelines for Integration of NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) with NPCDCS (National Programme for Prevention & Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke), heretoday. 

Expressing his elation at the timely importance of the event Dr Harsh Vardhan said, “NAFLD, the abnormal accumulation of fat in the liver in the absence of secondary causes of fatty liver, such as harmful alcohol use, viral hepatitis, or medications is a serious health concern as it encompasses a spectrum of liver abnormalities, from a simple non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL, simple fatty liver disease) to more advanced ones like non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and even liver cancer. Over the last two decades global burden of NASH has more than doubled. Globally, NASH caused 40 lakh prevalent cases of compensated cirrhosis in 1990, which increased to 94 lakh cases in 2017. NAFLD is emerging as an important cause of liver disease in India.”

Underscoring the importance of tackling NAFLD as a step to tackling the country’s burden of non-communicable diseases, he noted, “Epidemiological studies suggest the prevalence of NAFLD is around 9% to 32% of the general population in India with a higher prevalence in those with overweight or obesity and those with diabetes or prediabetes. Researchers have found NAFLD in 40% to 80 % of people who have type 2 diabetes and in 30% to 90 % of people who are obese. Studies also suggest that people with NAFLD have a greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death in NAFLD. Once the disease develops, there is no specific cure available, and health promotion and prevention aspects targeting weight reduction, healthy lifestyle, and control of aforementioned risk factors are the mainstays to disease progression and prevent the mortality and morbidity due to NAFLD.”

The Minister expanding on the government’s plan to curb deaths due to NCDs linked with the condition said, “NAFLD is an independent predictor of future risk of cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes and other metabolic syndromes like hypertension, abdominal obesity, dyslipidaemia, glucose intolerance. The Government of India is of the view that existing NPCDCS programme strategies can easily be aligned to prevent NAFLD through lifestyle changes, early diagnosis, and management of associated non-communicable diseases as well as NAFLD. Accordingly, doable actions have been identified with main focus on health promotion and prevention of common NCDs which would also specifically cater to the identified needs of NAFLD.”

The Health Minister also took the occasion to remind the audience that India isbecoming the first country in the world to identify the need for action for NAFLD. He said, “The Government of India has realized that the existing NCD programme’s strategies can now be aligned to achieve the objectives to prevent and control NAFLD with:

(i) behavior and lifestyle changes,     
(ii) early diagnosis and management of NAFLD,     
(iii) building of capacity at various levels of healthcare for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of NAFLD.        

He further elaborated on the importance of the Ayushman Bharat- Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) in curbing NCDs. “The Ayushman Bharat programme has so far screened 838.39 lakh people for hypertension, 683.34 lakh for diabetes and 806.4 lakh for the three common forms of cancer through the HWCs.They have so far organised 6.91 lakh yoga and wellness sessions at the community level. Apart from treating the poorest of the poor, they are also mandated to inculcate healthy living at the grassroots among the community. Along with the focus of ‘Eat Right India’ and ‘Fit India Movement’, the entire vision of the government is to move from Diagnostic Cure to Preventive Health”, he stated.

In this regard, he reminisced how he advised patients to abstain from tobacco and alcohol instead of suggesting medicines in the prescription as a young doctor. He had also made the Delhi Medical Association a ‘no-smoking zone’ during his one year of Presidency. To broaden the movement, he suggested thathealth journalists and media in general play an important role in spreading awareness and information on NCDs and how a fit lifestyle can help avoid them and encouraged everyone to improve their own health awareness and remain physically active.He also assured the support of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to the medical community in any endeavour in this direction.

Sh. Rajesh Bhushan, Health Secretary;Ms Vandana Gurnani, AS and MD NHM; Sh. Vishal Chauhan, JS (NCD); Dr. Sunil Kumar, DGHS; Dr S.K Sarin, Director, ILBS and other senior Professors of ILBS were also present at the event.Representatives of development partners like UNDP, USAID-Nistha were also present at the event.

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