The central government sent high-level teams to Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh on Sunday in support of COVID-19
response and management in the states after an increase in cases and deaths.
While a significant increase in infections has become a cause for concern in Himachal, Punjab has seen the highest death rate in India.
“These three-member teams will visit districts that report a high number of COVID-19 cases and support the State’s efforts to strengthen containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention and control measures, and efficient clinical management of positive cases. The core teams will also guide in the effective management of challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow-up, ”reads a press release issued by the government.
The Union Government had previously sent these high-level teams to Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Manipur, and Chhattisgarh.
From Himachal Pradesh coronavirus The death toll had crossed the 500 mark on Saturday and 18 more people succumbed to the infection, according to data from the health department. The death toll in the state now stands at 510, he said. Eight deaths were reported from Shimla, three each from Kullu and Chamba, two from Kangra and one from Una and Lahaul-Spiti, while 915 new cases brought the state’s infection count to 33,701.
In Uttar Pradesh, 24 new COVID-19 The deaths were recorded on Saturday, rising to 7,524 in the state, while the total cases rose to 5,24,223 with 2,326 new infections, authorities said Saturday. Twenty-three more people died from coronavirus in Punjab on Saturday when 719 new cases brought the state’s infection count to 1,45,667, according to a medical bulletin.
Faridabad and Gurugram had previously started random testing of travelers from Delhi as the national capital struggles to contain a record number of COVID-19 patients.
The positivity rate among people randomly tested for COVID-19 at Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Delhi border was higher than in non-border areas of the district on Thursday, officials previously said. The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration had started random testing of people coming from Delhi to Noida at the borders of the two cities on Wednesday.
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