COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 24.2.2021

 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Active Caseload stands at 1.46 lakh today; Daily recoveries more than the daily new cases in the last 24 hours

India’s Cumulative Vaccination coverage has crossed 1.21 crore

Posted On: 24 FEB 2021 11:13AM by PIB Delhi

India has been containing the country’s Active Caseload under 1.50 lakh. The active cases are 1,46,907 today. The present active caseload now consists of 1.33% of India’s total Positive Cases.

13,742 new daily cases have been recorded in the last 24 hours whereas 14,037 recoveries registered in the last 24 hours. It has led to a net decline of 399 cases in the total active caseload.

The table below shows the change in active cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra reported maximum positive changes with an addition of 298 cases whereas Kerala has recorded maximum negative change with subtraction of 803 cases. 

In last one week, 12 states have reported more than 100 average daily new cases. These are Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Telangana, Delhi and Haryana. Two States, Kerala and Maharashtra both report more than 4,000 average daily new cases in past one week.

As on 24^thFebruary, 2021, the vaccination coverage was 1,21,65,598 through 2,54,356 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 64,98,300 HCWs (1st dose), 13,98,400 HCWs (2nd dose) and 42,68,898 FLWs (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&NIslands	5,565	2,018	7,583
2	AndhraPradesh	4,45,327	1,11,483	5,56,810
3	ArunachalPradesh	22,419	5,497	27,916
4	Assam	1,75,185	15,189	1,90,374
5	Bihar	5,32,936	59,521	5,92,457
6	Chandigarh	15,766	1,237	17,003
7	Chhattisgarh	3,58,080	30,946	3,89,026
8	Dadra&NagarHaveli	5,028	261	5,289
9	Daman&Diu	1,808	254	2,062
10	Delhi	3,34,333	24,762	3,59,095
11	Goa	15,804	1,280	17,084
12	Gujarat	8,26,583	78,471	9,05,054
13	Haryana	2,15,743	53,110	2,68,853
14	HimachalPradesh	97,607	12,672	1,10,279
15	Jammu&Kashmir	2,17,910	10,285	2,28,195
16	Jharkhand	2,67,556	14,578	2,82,134
17	Karnataka	5,69,416	1,57,944	7,27,360
18	Kerala	4,14,509	62,299	4,76,808
19	Ladakh	7,368	611	7,979
20	Lakshadweep	2,343	621	2,964
21	MadhyaPradesh	6,44,431	32,529	6,76,960
22	Maharashtra	9,48,539	80,824	10,29,363
23	Manipur	43,507	1,894	45,401
24	Meghalaya	28,190	1,200	29,390
25	Mizoram	17,315	3,490	20,805
26	Nagaland	24,985	4,819	29,804
27	Odisha	4,47,176	1,30,470	5,77,646
28	Puducherry	9,431	1,019	10,450
29	Punjab	1,33,718	23,867	1,57,585
30	Rajasthan	7,83,205	94,838	8,78,043
31	Sikkim	14,721	973	15,694
32	TamilNadu	3,59,063	41,337	4,00,400
33	Telangana	2,81,382	1,06,167	3,87,549
34	Tripura	85,789	16,349	1,02,138
35	UttarPradesh	11,40,754	86,021	12,26,775
36	Uttarakhand	1,36,058	11,242	1,47,300
37	WestBengal	7,20,569	81,108	8,01,677
38	Miscellaneous	4,17,079	37,214	4,54,293
	Total	1,07,67,198	13,98,400	1,21,65,598

 

On Day-39 of the vaccination drive (23^rdFebruary, 2021), 4,20,046 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 2,79,823 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 9,479 sessions for 1^st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and 1,40,223 HCWs received 2^nd dose of vaccine.

Out of total 1,21,65,598 vaccine doses, 1,07,67,198 (HCWs and FLWs) have received 1^st dose of vaccine and total 13,98,400 HCWs have received the 2^nd dose of vaccine. 

12 States/UTs have administered more than 75% of the registered HCWs. These are Bihar, Tripura, Odisha, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, UP and Rajasthan.

10 States/UTs have vaccinated more than 60% of registered FLWs. These are D&N, Rajasthan, Lakshadweep, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.

India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,07,26,702 today. The Recovery Rate is 97.25% today. The gap between total recovered cases and the active cases is constantly rising and stands at 10,579,795 today.

86.26% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States.

Maharashtra has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,869 newly recovered cases.4,823 people recovered in Kerala in the past 24 hours followed by 453 in Tamil Nadu. 

86.15% of the new cases are from 6 States.

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 6,218. It is followed by Kerala with4,034 while Tamil Nadu reported 442 new cases. 

104 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Five States account for 81.73%of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (51). Kerala reported 14 deaths and Punjab reported 10 deaths. 

19 States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in last 24 hours. These are Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Odisha, Jharkhand, Chandigarh, Assam, Lakshadweep, Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, A&N Islands, Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, D&D and D&N.

Thirteen states have reported 1 to 5 deaths; 2 states have reported 6 to 10 deaths; 1 state has reported 10 to 20 deaths and 1 state has reported more than 20 deaths.

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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Centre Rushes Multi-disciplinary High Level Central teams to States/UTs witnessing surge in cases

Health Secretary writes to 7 States/UTs on Recent Surge in COVID19 Cases & advises specific measures to be taken

Posted On: 24 FEB 2021 11:58AM by PIB Delhi

 

The Centre has deputed high level multi-disciplinary teams to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for supporting them in public health measures for targeted COVID response and management, and effectively tackling the pandemic. The three –member multidisciplinary teams are headed by Joint Secretary level officers in the Health Ministry. These teams will work closely with the States/UT administration and ascertain reasons for recent surge in the number of COVID19 cases. They will also coordinate with health authorities of the States/UT for requisite COVID19 control measures to break the chain of transmission. The States/UT has been advised for regular critical review of the emerging situation with concerned District officials to ensure that gains made so far in COVID management are not lost.

The Centre has also written to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which have been witnessing a rise in daily COVID cases, along with decreasing proportion of RT-PCR tests and rise in positivity in some districts.

In the letter written by the Union Health Secretary, he has exhorted Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to focus on undertaking aggressive measures to break the chain of transmission and to ensure that RT-PCR testing is amplified to flush out hitherto undetected cases from the population. These States/UT have been advised to increase testing in a focussed manner in the affected districts with the appropriate split of RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests and to also ensure that all symptomatic negatives of antigen tests are compulsorily tested via RT-PCR tests. The positive persons must be promptly isolated/hospitalised, all their close contacts be traced and also tested without delay.

The Centre has reminded the States/UTs that any laxity in implementing stringent measures to curb the spread, especially in view of new strain of virus observed in certain countries, could compound the situation. The Union Health Secretary has separately requested the Chief Secretaries of these 10 States and UTs to provide time to these High Level Central teams to debrief the respective Chief Secretaries at the conclusion of their State visits.  

These measures are in line with Government of India’s graded and proactive approach to contain COVID across the country. The Health Ministry has been regularly engaging with States and UTs that have been exhibiting either a sudden surge in COVID cases, high caseload or reporting a higher mortality in some districts. The teams interact with the field authorities to get a first hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by them.

 

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