India is nearing 12 lakh Covid-19 cases, two days after it recorded over 11 lakh cases. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare stated that up to 11,92,915 cases have been recorded since the start of the pandemic in February.
While 7,53,050 (63 per cent) persons got cured, another 28,732 persons have died.
India received the first tranche of 4,475 oxygen concentrators from Temasek Foundation, Singapore. The Foundation has offered to donate total of 20,000 oxygen concentrators to India. The remaining units will be received next month. The Indian Red Cross Society and Tata Trusts have coordinated the import of oxygen concentrators.
Ashwini Kumar Chaubey, Minister of State, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), said: “The oxygen concentrators are helpful for moderate cases of Covid-19 patients, who may require low oxygen support. They convert atmospheric air to therapeutic oxygen that has a concentration of 90 to 95 per cent.”
As the machine obviates the need for transportation and refilling of heavy oxygen cylinders, they can be placed in the wards where such patients are provided care, he said. These machines can be used at Covid Care Centres and the railway coaches that have been repurposed as Covid Care centres. He added that they are especially useful in remote areas, where logistical constraints may hinder the continuous supply of oxygen cylinders.
Up to 37,724 new instances have been detected in the last 24 hours. Currently, there are up to 411133 active infections. Despite more than 4 lakhs of active infection, MoHFW has argued that there is no network transmission in the country. Rajesh Bhushan, Special Service Officer, MoHFW, said: “The World Health Organization lets member states claim whether it is a network transmission or Array India has yet to demand this step.”
The number of tests conducted on 22 July more than 3.43 lakh. Cumulative tests exceeded 1.47 crore.
Regarding the controls, VK Paul, a member of NITI Aayog, said: “We have already started to check more than 3 lakh samples consistent with the day. We will do our functions to now check five lakh samples consistent with the day, and then take up to 10 lakh samples in one day.”
The cure rate has not progressed in the following week, as the number of new instances is expanding every day.
Although the average national recovery rate has been 63% in the following week, Put and Delhi and Ladakh have posted recovery rates of more than 80%. The Telangana, Haryana and Andaman Nicobar islands have noticed that more than 75% of patients recover, while Odisha, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Rajasthan have healing rates of more than 70%, according to a MoHFW press release.
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