Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS: Maharashtra Records 10,891 New Cases, Bengal Tally Dips Below 5,500-Mark
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, June 8, 2021:After witnessing the devastating wrath of the second wave of the disease, the country is now seeing a declining trajectory of new infections and active cases. The Union Health Ministry informed that the country has reported 28,252 Mucormycosis cases till now with Maharashtra recording the maximum
The number of active coronavirus cases reached 471 in Ghaziabad and came down to 324 in Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday, official data showed. No death linked to Covid was reported in Ghaziabad while one more person succumbed in Gautam Buddh Nagar.
The death toll in Ghaziabad stood at 453 and in Gautam Buddh Nagar at 462
Punjab's COVID-19 tally surged to 5,82,081 on Tuesday with 1,273 fresh cases while the death toll climbed to 15,219 as 60 more people succumbed to the disease, according to a medical bulletin.
The number of active cases in the state came down to 18,546 from 19,995 on Monday. While 247 critical patients are on ventilator support, 654 critical patients and 3,094 others are on oxygen support. The positivity rate stands at 2.47 per cent, the bulletin stated.
The government said on Tuesday it had been evaluating the implementation of the decentralised model of vaccination since its launch on May 1 and that the decision to centralise it again was taken after detailed deliberations and following requests by some states, amid claims by the Opposition that the policy change was due to the Supreme Court's intervention.
Asked if the new vaccination guidelines were issued after the Supreme Court's intervention, NITI Aayog Member (Health) V K Paul said, "We respect the Supreme Court's guidance and concern, but the government was evaluating the implementation of the decentralised model since May 1."
Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday reported 535 COVID-19 cases and 36 deaths, taking the state's tally to 7,86,302 and the toll to 8,405, an official said. He said 1,376 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the state's recovery count to 7,69,914, leaving it with 7,983 active cases.
West Bengal reports 5,427 new COVID19 cases, 12,290 discharges and 98 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Total cases 14,37,446
Total recoveries 14,01,061
Death toll 16,460
Active cases 19,925
The Centre on Tuesday said it has placed orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would take over the state procurement quota and provide free jabs to state governments for inoculation of all above the age of 18.
"In immediate follow-up of the prime minister's announcement of these changes in the Guidelines of National COVID Vaccination programme yesterday, the Centre has placed an order with Serum Institute of India for 25 crore doses of Covishield and with Bharat Biotech for 19 crore doses of Covaxin," an official said.
The government on Tuesday stressed on avoiding large gatherings for a couple of months and following COVID-19-appropriate behaviour to avert any future wave, even as it noted that there has been a continued and sharp decline in daily new coronavirus cases in the country.
The government also stressed on the need to avoid large gatherings for a couple of months even though states have announced relaxations in lockdown guidelines in view of the declining number of cases. Check complete guidelines
The State will vaccinate the bedridden and debilitated patients, who can't be moved out and those for whom mobilizing might worsen their present health condition, at their residence: Government of Kerala
PM announced yesterday that the vaccination for this age group will also be done by the Centre, from 21st June. But our drive is going on since May & when we receive more vaccines on 9th June, we will continue this till 21st June: Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma
The Health Min also said, "Many states moved SC, seeking directions to Centre & Court posed questions to it. When pressure increased everywhere in nation, PM made the announcement. Better late than never...If we get vaccines in bulk, we'll be able to do time-bound vaccination for all."
Raghu Sharma further stated, "We gave an advance of over Rs 100 cr to SII & Bharat Biotech. We received both vaccines but one batch will arrive on 9th June. Vaccination in Rajasthan has stopped from May 31. When we receive on 9th, we would've bought 30.57 lakh vaccines for this age group."
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the Centre for allegedly not maintaining transparency on Covid-related data, and asked why the government used it as a "propaganda tool" rather than for stopping coronavirus spread.
As part of her "Zimmedaar Kaun" (who is responsible) campaign, in which she has been questioning the government over its handling of the pandemic, the Congress general secretary put out a video in which she attacked the central government over the data related to Covid put out by it.
In her posers to the Centre, she asked why there is such a massive deficit between official death data of Covid and unofficial data gathered from crematoriums, graveyards and other sources.
Why has the government used data primarily as a "propaganda tool" rather than using it to stop the spread of COVID-19, Gandhi asked in the video posted on Twitter and Facebook.
Arunachal Pradesh reported 360 fresh COVID-19 cases, pushing the coronavirus caseload to 29,696, a senior health official said on Tuesday.
The COVID-19 death toll remained at 125 as no fresh fatality was reported in the state in the last 24 hours, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.
The Capital Complex region recorded the highest number of fresh cases at 74, followed by West Kameng and Upper Subansiri with 31 cases each, Changlang (30), Lower Subansiri and East Siang with 25 cases each, East Kameng (23), Lohit (18), Namsai (15) and Upper Siang (13), the official said.
The other cases were reported from Tawang, Kra Daadi, Papumpare, Kurung Kumey, Lower Dibang Valley, Longding, Pakke Kessang, West Siang, Tirap, Anjaw, Lower Siang, Dibang Valley, Siang and Leparada districts.
In this second wave of COVID, recovered patients are also in need of O2, so there's a need to keep such patients at hospital. Some patients have complained of chest pain, breathing problems, weakness,uncontrolled blood sugar levels: COVID Nodal Officer, Doon Hospital, Uttarakhand
Black Fungus cases spiking in Bihar, the state government has not sent supplies of the anti-fungal injection for over 300 patients admitted in different hospitals of Patna for two straight days. With supplies for Saturday also being patchy, the hospitals in the state are running short of Liposomal Amphotericin B injection -- the most effective treatment for Black Fungus or Mucormycosis. The state government has assured that the supply will resume on Tuesday.
With the US sending millions of its COVID-19 vaccines to several countries, including India, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said that there is a need to increase production capacity on a regional basis across the globe.
US President Joe Biden had announced that the US will allocate 75 per cent - nearly 1.9 crore of the first tranche of 2.5 crore doses - of unused COVID-19 vaccines from its stockpile through the UN-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing programme to countries in South and Southeast Asia as well as Africa.
Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the State Department's 2022 budgetary proposals, Blinken asserted that it is important to have three-fourths of the world vaccinated soon.
"If we stayed on the current course, before we were distributing the 80 million vaccines, before we're looking at increasing production around the world, not just in the United States, we're on track to have the world vaccinated, or at least to have 75 or so per cent of the world vaccinated, not until 2024," he said in response to a question.
28,252 Mucormycosis cases have been reported from across the country, Health Ministry said. 86 percents or 24,370 cases of Mucormycosis had Covid-19 infection and 62.3 percent or 17,601 cases were diabetic. Maharashtra has maximum number of Mucormycosis cases (6,339) followed by Gujarat (5,486).
Pune district in Maharashtra reported 837 fresh coronavirus positive cases and 37 fatalities, taking the tally to 10,24,277 and the toll to 17,208, while 1,719 patients were discharged. Of the 837 cases, 177 were reported from the limits of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), where the COVID-19 count rose to 4,72,432, he said.
Background
Coronavirus HIGHLIGHTS, Tuesday, June 8, 2021: 28,252 Mucormycosis cases have been reported from across the country, Health Ministry said. 86 percents or 24,370 cases of Mucormycosis had Covid-19 infection and 62.3 percent or 17,601 cases were diabetic. Maharashtra has the maximum number of Mucormycosis cases (6,339) followed by Gujarat (5,486).
The centre will provide free vaccines against Covid-19 to all adults across all states from June 21, PM Narendra Modi said on Monday, a significant announcement that pledged to change India’s inoculation strategy for maximum and efficient coverage. The Centre will take over from states, which were supposed to be carrying out about 25% of the country’s vaccination work, and continue with its ongoing efforts targeting the 45+ population, and health care and front line workers.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Monday address, private hospitals are divided on Rs 150 cap on Covid-19 vaccine administration charges by the central government. Apollo Hospitals, India largest hospital chain, said that the Rs 150 cap on Covid-19 vaccine administration charges doesn’t make any difference to their vaccination programme. On the other hand Fortis Healthcare said that capping of service charge at Rs 150 will not cover additional costs.
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