India’s Covid-19 death rate has dropped to 1.50 percent, the lowest since March 22, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday, crediting the Center’s focused efforts, states and UTs in the effective clinical management of hospitalized cases.
There are 14 states and territories in the Union, including Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and Kerala, where the case fatality rate (CFR) is less than 1 percent, the ministry said.
With an effective containment strategy, aggressive testing, and standardized clinical management protocols based on a holistic standard care protocol in public and private hospitals, the number of new deaths has been significantly reduced, he said.
Fewer than 500 deaths (480) have been reported in a 24-hour span in the country, according to data updated at 8 am Monday.
“India has one of the lowest death rates in the world. The fatality rate is the lowest since March 22 and is continuously decreasing, “the ministry said, underlining that the fatality rate was 3.23 percent on May 4.
As part of the Covid-19 management and response policy, the Center has focused on not only containing the spread of the disease, but also reducing deaths and saving lives by providing quality clinical care to critically ill and critically ill patients, said the ministry. Collaborative efforts by the Center, the states and the union territories have resulted in the strengthening of health facilities across the country. Currently, 2,218 hospitals dedicated to COVID provide quality healthcare, he said.
As part of a unique initiative to develop the capabilities of ICU physicians in the clinical management of critically ill patients to reduce deaths, AIIMS, New Delhi, has initiated e-ICU, he said. Twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, knowledge and domain experts conduct tele / video consultation sessions for physicians attending ICUs in state hospitals. These sessions began on July 8. To date, 25 tele-sessions have been held and 393 institutions from 34 states and UT have participated in them. Additionally, many states have conducted population surveys to map and identify vulnerable populations such as the elderly, pregnant women, and people with comorbidities. This, with the help of technological solutions such as mobile applications, has ensured keeping the high-risk population under continuous observation, thus aiding in early identification, timely clinical treatment, and reduction in deaths. At the grassroots level, frontline health workers like ASHA and ANM have done a commendable job in managing the migrant population and in raising awareness at the community level, the ministry said.
“As a result, there are 14 states and UTs with CFR less than 1 percent,” the ministry stressed. The ministry said 59,105 new recoveries were added in a 24-hour span compared to 45,148 new infections reported during the same period. The total number of recoveries has exceeded 71 lakh (71,37,228). A higher number of recoveries in a single day is also reflected in the continued increase in the national recovery rate, which is currently 90.23%, the ministry noted. “India continues to report a steady decline trend in active cases. Currently, active cases comprise only 8.26 percent of the country’s total cases, which amounts to 6.53,717. This is the lowest since August 13 when active cases were 6,53,622, ”the ministry said. It is observed that 78% of the new recovered cases are concentrated in 10 states and in UT: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Karnataka has contributed the most to single day recoveries with over 10,000 cases, followed by Kerala with over 7,000 cases.
A total of 45,148 new coronavirus infections were recorded in one day in the country on Monday, which is “the lowest since July 22 when 37,000 new cases were added,” the ministry said.
Eighty-two percent of the new cases are from 10 states and one UT: Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Delhi, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Odisha. Kerala and Maharashtra contributed the most to new confirmed cases with more than 6,000 cases each, followed by Karnataka, Delhi and West Bengal with more than 4,000 cases, the ministry said. In addition, 480 cases of death have been reported in a period of 24 hours. Of these, almost 80 percent are concentrated in 10 states and one UT: Maharashtra, West Bengal, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. More than 23% of the new deaths were in Maharashtra (112 deaths). India’s number of Covid-19 cases rose to 79,09,959 with 45,148 new infections reported in one day, while the death toll rose to 1,19,014 with 480 new deaths, data updated at 8 a.m. Monday.
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