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NEW DELHI: India’s recovery rate improved to 28.17 percent, but the coronavirus case-fatality count witnessed the largest increase with a total of 46,711.
The Group of Ministers had an in-depth deliberation on the containment strategy and management aspects of COVID-19, as well as on the measures being taken by the Center and various states.
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank interacted with students through the webinar and announced the dates of pending entrance exams.
He reported that the NEET will be held on July 26, 2020. The JEE main exam will be held on July 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23, noting that the JEE (preview) may take place in August. The minister said that the dates for the UGC NET 2020 and CBSE 12th Board exams will be announced soon.
There will be no rate increase for IIT, IIIT, and NIT for the 2020-21 academic year.
At the regular press conference on the situation of COVID-19 in the country, Lav Agarwal, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said that 1,020 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours.
“So now we have a total of 12,726 people cured. Our recovery rate has reached 27.41 percent and 32,138 patients are under active medical supervision. In the last 24 hours, 3,900 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, bringing the total to cases at 46,433, “he said.
“In the past 24 hours, 195 people died of coronavirus. Now, the total death count has reached 1,568. In the past 24 hours, we have witnessed the largest increase in cases and deaths,” he added.
However, according to the revised list of figures issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the recovery rate has reached 28.17 percent. The total number of cases has increased to 46,711 and the number of deaths has increased to 1,583. The number of people who have been cured is 13,160.
Giving reasons for an increase in cases and deaths, Agarwal said it was due to better data availability from some states.
“We did not receive timely case or death reports from some states. We persuaded them to share these details with us, after which cases were reported and today we have seen an increase in death cases. We are dealing with an infectious disease That is why the timely reporting of cases and their management is crucial. This gap was noted in some states, which is being addressed after due persuasion, “he said.
Agarwal emphasized that it is important to effectively implement contact tracing, active case finding, and clinical case management.
“The closure has yielded very positive results. We started with a case duplication rate of four and so far we have a case duplication rate of 12,” he said.
Maharashtra continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 14,541 patients of whom 2,465 have been cured or discharged while 583 people have succumbed to the virus.
Gujarat has the second highest number of positive coronavirus cases in the country – 5,804 – including 1,195 cured or discharged patients and 319 deaths.
Delhi’s count is 4,898, of which 1,431 patients have recovered, while 64 patients have succumbed to the virus.
Madhya Pradesh has a total of 3,049 positive cases, including 1,000 patients, who have recovered and were discharged. The state has recorded 176 deaths from the virus so far.
To ensure the safety and well-being of its staff, the Punjab government has issued detailed guidelines and protocols for the safe operation of government offices. Nodal officers have been appointed to each department to regularly monitor employee health.
A government spokesperson reported that the seating will be arranged in the offices, ensuring a minimum distance of two meters between employees.
Nodal officers have been asked to submit the report to the Head of Office.
The Director General (DG) of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR), Dr. Shekhar C Mande, said it is too early to say whether hydroxychloroquine or Remdesivir work better against COVID-19, as it can only be determined after perform tests.
“The comparison between hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir is not correct because we don’t know the efficacy of both until now. Which one is better can only be determined after the trials,” Mande told ANI here.
“Trials have started for many drugs, but the first results, which may show the way forward, will probably be in our hands in the next two to three weeks,” he added.
He further stated that even the FDA, in the United States, has given its approval to Remdesivir in a very limited way. “It is not a general approval that anyone can take it.”
Here are the updates related to COVID-19:
1. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, held a review meeting on Tuesday with officials from the Delhi government and the city’s municipal corporations on readiness to control vector-borne diseases in the national capital.
2. India, which did not manufacture a single piece of personal protective equipment (PPE), has now achieved an almost unrealistic goal of producing PPE kits of 2.06 lakh a day within two months of the coronavirus outbreak.
3. Several Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) are accepting medication orders through WhatsApp and by email to ensure the availability of medications by patients during the closure.
4. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that private offices can open without any problem according to the specified rules.
5. Up to 535 people were arrested and 61 FIRs were housed by Uttarakhand police on Tuesday for violation of the COVID-19 lockdown.
6. Odisha Prime Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered the Health Department to take steps to increase the testing capacity to 15,000 per day.
7. AIIMS has undertaken research projects that involve collaboration between different departments that analyze various aspects of COVID-19 with the institution that has the advantage of having both basic science experts and clinical experts.
8. Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Tuesday that three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 502, including 37 active cases.
9. With three new positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Odisha on Tuesday, the state’s count of positive coronavirus cases has increased to 173.
10. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the contribution of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in preventing the spread of COVID-19 through a video conference.
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The Group of Ministers had an in-depth deliberation on the containment strategy and management aspects of COVID-19, as well as on the measures being taken by the Center and various states.
Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank interacted with students through the webinar and announced the dates of pending entrance exams.
He reported that the NEET will be held on July 26, 2020. The JEE main exam will be held on July 18, 20, 21, 22 and 23, noting that the JEE (preview) may take place in August. The minister said that the dates for the UGC NET 2020 and CBSE 12th Board exams will be announced soon.
There will be no rate increase for IIT, IIIT, and NIT for the 2020-21 academic year.
At the regular press conference on the situation of COVID-19 in the country, Lav Agarwal, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, said that 1,020 patients have been cured in the last 24 hours.
“So now we have a total of 12,726 people cured. Our recovery rate has reached 27.41 percent and 32,138 patients are under active medical supervision. In the last 24 hours, 3,900 new cases of coronavirus have been reported, bringing the total to cases at 46,433, “he said.
“In the past 24 hours, 195 people died of coronavirus. Now, the total death count has reached 1,568. In the past 24 hours, we have witnessed the largest increase in cases and deaths,” he added.
However, according to the revised list of figures issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the recovery rate has reached 28.17 percent. The total number of cases has increased to 46,711 and the number of deaths has increased to 1,583. The number of people who have been cured is 13,160.
Giving reasons for an increase in cases and deaths, Agarwal said it was due to better data availability from some states.
“We did not receive timely case or death reports from some states. We persuaded them to share these details with us, after which cases were reported and today we have seen an increase in death cases. We are dealing with an infectious disease That is why the timely reporting of cases and their management is crucial. This gap was noted in some states, which is being addressed after due persuasion, “he said.
Agarwal emphasized that it is important to effectively implement contact tracing, active case finding, and clinical case management.
“The closure has yielded very positive results. We started with a case duplication rate of four and so far we have a case duplication rate of 12,” he said.
Maharashtra continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 14,541 patients of whom 2,465 have been cured or discharged while 583 people have succumbed to the virus.
Gujarat has the second highest number of positive coronavirus cases in the country – 5,804 – including 1,195 cured or discharged patients and 319 deaths.
Delhi’s count is 4,898, of which 1,431 patients have recovered, while 64 patients have succumbed to the virus.
Madhya Pradesh has a total of 3,049 positive cases, including 1,000 patients, who have recovered and were discharged. The state has recorded 176 deaths from the virus so far.
To ensure the safety and well-being of its staff, the Punjab government has issued detailed guidelines and protocols for the safe operation of government offices. Nodal officers have been appointed to each department to regularly monitor employee health.
A government spokesperson reported that the seating will be arranged in the offices, ensuring a minimum distance of two meters between employees.
Nodal officers have been asked to submit the report to the Head of Office.
The Director General (DG) of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR), Dr. Shekhar C Mande, said it is too early to say whether hydroxychloroquine or Remdesivir work better against COVID-19, as it can only be determined after perform tests.
“The comparison between hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir is not correct because we don’t know the efficacy of both until now. Which one is better can only be determined after the trials,” Mande told ANI here.
“Trials have started for many drugs, but the first results, which may show the way forward, will probably be in our hands in the next two to three weeks,” he added.
He further stated that even the FDA, in the United States, has given its approval to Remdesivir in a very limited way. “It is not a general approval that anyone can take it.”
Here are the updates related to COVID-19:
1. The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, held a review meeting on Tuesday with officials from the Delhi government and the city’s municipal corporations on readiness to control vector-borne diseases in the national capital.
2. India, which did not manufacture a single piece of personal protective equipment (PPE), has now achieved an almost unrealistic goal of producing PPE kits of 2.06 lakh a day within two months of the coronavirus outbreak.
3. Several Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) are accepting medication orders through WhatsApp and by email to ensure the availability of medications by patients during the closure.
4. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that private offices can open without any problem according to the specified rules.
5. Up to 535 people were arrested and 61 FIRs were housed by Uttarakhand police on Tuesday for violation of the COVID-19 lockdown.
6. Odisha Prime Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday ordered the Health Department to take steps to increase the testing capacity to 15,000 per day.
7. AIIMS has undertaken research projects that involve collaboration between different departments that analyze various aspects of COVID-19 with the institution that has the advantage of having both basic science experts and clinical experts.
8. Kerala Prime Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said Tuesday that three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state on Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 502, including 37 active cases.
9. With three new positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Odisha on Tuesday, the state’s count of positive coronavirus cases has increased to 173.
10. Defense Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the contribution of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) in preventing the spread of COVID-19 through a video conference.
