India at over 1K single-day deaths
India at over 1K single-day deaths
PTI / Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 06:00 IST
Number of active cases surpasses the 16-lakh mark
NEWDELHI A record single-day rise of 2,34,692 cases and 1,341 fatalities have pushed India’s COVID-19 tally to 1,45,26,609 and the death toll due to the
viral disease to 1,75,649, the
health ministry said on Saturday.
The number of active coronavirus cases in the country has surpassed the 16-lakh mark, the ministry’s data updated at 8 am showed.
Registering a steady increase for the 38th day in a row, the tally of the active COVID-19 cases has now climbed to 16,79,740 in the country, accounting for 11.56 per cent of its total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has dropped to 87.23 per cent.
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Synopsis
The battle against Covid-19 has not been an easy task for India. The challenge before GoI was more than most people could imagine. While India had only two Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) labs for testing those found Covid positive, it had an annual production capacity of less than 4,000 for ventilators, and a dearth of personal protection equipment (PPE).
The second wave of Covid-19 presents another grave challenge before the country and indeed, the world even before it has stabilised economically, physically and psychologically after a year of tackling the pandemic. The GoI has shown both its moral and managerial leadership in combating the pandemic.
NEW DELHI: Covid-19 vaccines reduce the chances of developing severe infection and mortality, ICMR chief Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
Responding to a question about people contracting the coronavirus infection even after taking both doses of Covid vaccine, he said these are disease-modifying vaccines and there is an 85 percent reduction in hospitalisation after vaccination which is well established internationally. These vaccines are disease-modifying. After two doses are administered, the antibodies develop. The Covid-19 vaccines reduce the chances of developing severe infection and death due to the disease, the ICMR Director General said.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is the country s apex health research body.
In January this year, the Delhi High Court directed the Union Government to finalise and operationalise the new National Health Policy for Rare Diseases by 31 March 2021. However, this year’s budget made no new allocation for such a plan. Rare diseases, as the name suggests, are health conditions that have a very low prevalence. At first glance, it might seem to be a marginal issue which affects a handful of people, but there are more than 7,000 diagnosed rare diseases in the world and over 350 million individuals suffer from them, with nearly one-fifth in India.
Despite the fact that globally, the total number of people with rare diseases surpasses the population of the United States, efforts to properly diagnose and treat these conditions have been lagging. The small pool of patients has remained an impediment for drug and treatment development. The term “orphan diseases” is often used for these as less than five percent of rare diseases have treatment therapies available, m
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NEW DELHI: India s Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,03,95,278 with 20,346 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surpassed one crore, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Thursday.
The death toll increased to 1,50,336 as 222 people succumbed to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,00,16,859, pushing the national recovery rate to 96.36 per cent, while the Covid-19 case fatality rate stood at 1.45 per cent.
The number of active COVID-19 cases remained below three lakh for the 17th consecutive day.