The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has deputed high-level central teams to Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal on Friday. These states have been reporting a surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases in recent days.
Each team comprises a joint secretary (nodal officer for the respective state), one public health expert to look after the public health aspects, one clinician to look after infection prevention practices and clinical management protocol being followed by the state.
The teams will support the state efforts towards strengthening containment, surveillance, testing, infection prevention, control measures and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The central teams shall also guide in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and follow up.
The total cases in Kerala are 3,17,929 which form 4.3% of the total cases. The cases per million stand at 8906. The total number of recovered cases is 2,22,231 accounting for a recovery rate of 69.90%. The active cases are 94,609 (comprising 11.8% of the total national figure). Total deaths in the state are 1089 with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.34% and deaths per million of 31. The tests per million (TPM) of Kerala stands at 53518 and positivity rate is 16.6%.
Karnataka is reporting 7,43,848 total cases accounting for 10.1% of the national figure. It has 11,010 cases per million population. A total of 6,20,008 patients have recovered in the state resulting in a recovery rate of 83.35%. The active cases are 1,13,557 (14.1% of national figure). The state has reported a total of 10,283 fatalities, CFR of 1.38% and 152 deaths per million population. The TPM is 95674 and positivity rate is pegged at 11.5%.
Rajasthan has registered 1,67,279 total cases (percentage share in total is 2.3%), 2,064 cases per million and 1,43,984 total number of recoveries with a recovery rate of 86.07%. The active cases are 21,587 (2.7% share in the national numbers). The number of fatalities in the state is 1,708; CFR is 1.02% and deaths per million stand at 21. TPM is 38,605 with a positivity rate of 5.3%.
West Bengal has 3,09,417 total cases (4.2% of the national cases) amounting to 3,106 cases per million population. Total recovered are 2,71,563 and the recovery rate is 87.77%. With 31,984 active cases, the state accounts for 4% of the total pie. Total deaths are 5,870; CFR is 1.90% whereas the deaths per million population are 59. 37,872 TPM, the positivity rate is 8.2%.
Chhattisgarh is reporting 1,53,515 total cases (percentage share in total is 2.1%), 5,215 cases per million, 1,23,943 total recovered and 80.74% recovery rate. It has 28,187 active cases comprising 3.5% of the national figure. There have been 1385 total deaths in the state accounting for CFR of 0.90% and 47 deaths per million. The TPM is 50191 and positivity rate is 10.4%.