India’s total Active Caseload has reached 1,64,511 today. India’s present active caseload nowstands at 1.48% of India’s totalPositive Cases.
6 States – Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu andGujarat- have shown a surge in new cases in the last 24 hours. 86.37% of the new cases are from these six States. 16,752 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 8,623. It isfollowed by Kerala with 3,792 while Punjab reported 593 new cases.
Eight states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases. The Centre has been engaging with the States and UTsexhibiting higher caseload of active cases and those reporting a spike in thedaily new COVID cases.
The Cabinet Secretary chaired a high-level review meetingyesterday with the States/UTs exhibiting a surge in cases including Telangana,Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, MP, Gujarat, Punjab, J&K and West Bengal.
Cabinet Secretary reiterated that States need tomaintain a continued rigorous vigil in terms of containing the spread and notsquander away the gains of the collective hard work of the last year.
They were advised not to lower their guard,enforce COVID Appropriate behavior and deal firmly with violations. It wasstrongly underlined that they need to follow effective surveillance strategiesin respect of potential super spreading events. Need for effective testing,comprehensive tracking, prompt isolation of positive cases and quick quarantineof close contacts were also strongly emphasized.
The Centre has also deputed high-levelmulti-disciplinary teams to Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, WestBengal, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir(UT) to ascertain reasons for the surge and coordinate with the State HealthDepartments in COVID-19 control and containment measures.
On the front of COVID Vaccination, a total of1,43,01,266 vaccine doses have been administered through 2,92,312 sessions, asper the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 66,69,985 HCWs (1stdose), 24,56,191 HCWs (2nd dose) and 51,75,090 FLWs (1st dose).
India is all set to start the second phase of Covid-19vaccination on March 1st, 2021 for thosewho are over 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specifiedco-morbid conditions. To ramp up the Covid-19 vaccination capacity, around10,000 private hospitals under Ayushman Bharat PMJAY and more than 600 privatehospitals under the Central Government Health Scheme will be utilized. Other privatehospitals empanelled under State Govts. Health Insurance Scheme can alsoparticipate as Covid-19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs).
A total of 1.07 Cr (1,07,75,169) people has recovered so far. 11,718 patients have recovered and got discharged in thelast 24 hours. 84.19% of the new recoveredcases are observed to be concentrated in 6 States.
Keralahas reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 4,650 newlyrecovered cases. 3,648 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hoursfollowed by 491 in Tamil Nadu.
113 deaths were reported inthe last 24 hours.
SixStates account for 84.96% of the newdeaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (51). Kerala follows with 18daily deaths andPunjabreported11 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Nineteen States/UTs have notreported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are UttarPradesh, Andhra Pradesh, J&K (UT), Odisha, Goa, Chandigarh, HimachalPradesh, Assam, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Sikkim, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, Meghalaya,Tripura, Nagaland, A&N Islands, D&D & D&N and ArunachalPradesh.