The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday, in its routine briefing on the country’s Covid-19 situation, said that more than 12.65 crore of covid tests have been conducted so far and that the rate of Cumulative positivity has dropped to 7.01%.
The ministry also said that deaths per million of the country’s inhabitants are among the lowest in the world; it stands at 94 deaths per million inhabitants.
Speaking during the briefing, the center also indicated an increase in social interaction amid the pandemic. The officials also added that the effects of the elections, Durga Puja, Diwali can be seen in the coming weeks. “We have to continue to watch new cases very carefully,” officials said at the news conference.
Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan also highlighted various measures to address the rise of Covid-19 in Delhi in recent days. Doubling the testing capacity of Covid-19 to 1 to 1.2 lakh and increasing ICU beds to more than 6,000 are some of the decisions taken by the government to address the increase in coronavirus infections in Delhi, he said.
The decision has also been made to increase house-to-house surveillance of active cases in containment zones and other vulnerable foci for which between 7,000 and 8,000 teams will be placed in this exercise, an increase from the 3,000 existing teams that are currently involved. NITI Aayog said. VK Paul.
Paul also added that at least five vaccines are in different phases of testing in India. “Five vaccines in testing in India currently, AstraZeneca phase 3 trial in advanced stages; Cadila vaccine in phase 2 and SputnikV trial preparation completed,” he mentioned. .
Bhushan also added that Delhi was testing very less in June, around 5,776 tests per day and that number increased to over 50,000 in September, which after that plateau and the recent surge in COVID cases may be due to many positive cases. escaped the network.
“In the last two days, the decision of urgent actions taken by the government included an increase in beds in general, including ICU beds, doubling the tests to 1-1.2 lakh per day; correct combination of RTPCR and tests antigens, strengthening and increasing support for home care, mobilizing doctors and nurses, enforcing contact quarantine, containment zone SOPs, and appropriate COVID behavior, ”he said.
Meanwhile, the daily coronavirus case count in India continued to fall further, with only 29,164 new infections reported in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Tuesday.
India reported fewer than 50,000 new cases daily on the 10th continuous day. The last time new daily cases crossed the 50,000 threshold was on November 7.
The country’s COVID-19 count reached 88,74,291, including 4,53,401 active cases and 82,90,371 recoveries. The cumulative death toll reached 1,30,519 after 449 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours.
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