In its 15th meeting, the Group of Ministers (GoM) takes stock of the COVID2019 situation in the country, fatality
The 15 th meeting of the high level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 was held at Nirman Bhawan, today under the chairmanship of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
A detailed presentation on the present status of COVID-19 cases globally and within the country was made. Worldwide the total number of COVID-19 positive cases stand at 42,48,389 with 2,94,046 deaths and the fatality rate pegged at 6.92%, whereas in India, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases stand at 81,970 with 2,649 deaths and the fatality rate pegged at 3.23%. So far, a total of 27,920 people have been cured. And if seen in the last 24 hours, 1,685 patients were found cured. This takes the total recovery rate at 34.06%.
It was also highlighted that the impact of lockdown was seen on the Doubling Rate which improved from 3.4 days in the pre- lockdown week to 12.9 days in the last week.
The Group of Ministers (GoM) had in depth deliberation on containment strategy and management aspects of COVID-19, as well as the measures being taken by the Centre and various States. The GoM was informed that there are 30 municipal areas which are constituting 79% of India’s case load.
Worldwide positive cases stand at 42,48,389 with 2,94,046 deaths and the fatality rate is pegged at 6.92%: in India positive cases stand at 81,970 with 2,649 deaths and fatality rate pegged at 3.23%
GoM discussed that focus of COVID-19 management strategy needs to be on the States with highest number of confirmed cases and highest number of fatalities, and on treatment and case fatality management, for which timely detection of infection and contact tracing were the best way forward. GOM also discussed the challenges before various States/UTs arising from the returning migrant labourers and the returnees from abroad.
As on today, a total of 8,694 facilities comprising of 919 dedicated COVID hospitals, 2,036
COVID Health Centres and 5,739 COVID Care Centres with a total of 2,77,429 beds for severe and critical cases, 29,701 ICU beds and 5,15,250 isolation beds in care centres, are available. Also, as on date, 18,855 ventilators are now available to combat COVID-19 in the country. The Centre has also provided 84.22 lakh N95 masks and 47.98 lakh Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) to the States/ UTs / Central Institutions. GoM was also informed that domestic manufacturers have reached the production capacity of nearly 3 lakh PPEs per day and about 3 lakh N-95 masks per day which is sufficient to meet the requirement of the country in the near future.
The meeting was attended by Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of Civil Aviation, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, Nityananda Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mansukh Lal
Mandaviya, Minister of State for Shipping, & Chemical and Fertilizers, and Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare were present and Bipin
Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff.
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