It is unfortunate that
private hospitals have reduced testing. There is a need of 17,000 testing kits, whereas only 10,000 are available, Pathak said in the letter. He added that hospitals should ramp up testing as well.
Meanwhile, a slew of measures and restrictions and issued new guidelines to curb the spread of the deadly virus was announced on recently. Authorities also imposed night curfews in major cities of Uttar Pradesh, including Lucknow, Kanpur and Varanasi, with effect from April 8.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a fresh and a very severe wave of the pandemic with as many as 18,021 new cases in the past 24 hours. Lucknow alone reported 5,382 new COVID-19 cases.
COVID-19: Maharashtra tops vaccination tally with jabs to 73.54 lakh people
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With cumulative jabs to 73.54 lakh people, Maharashtra has topped the vaccination tally in India. In the state and 4 lakh 62 thousand people were vaccinated on April 3.
Talking about the vaccination drive, Dr Pradip Vyas, Principle Secretary Health of Maharashtra said that yesterday state administered the highest ever number of 4.62 lakh vaccines in a day which probably would be a national record till now.
Maharashtra reported 49,447 new COVID cases and 277 deaths in the last 24 hours.
According to the state health department, 37,821 people have recovered from the diseases in the last 24 hours taking the total number of recoveries in the state to 24,95,315. The active number of COVID cases in the state stands at 4,01,172.
Maharashtra tops among other states with 73.54 lakh jabs
People wait at a Covid-19 vaccination centre at Dahisar east, in Mumbai, on Sunday.
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Mumbai: With cumulative jabs to 73.54 lakh people, Maharashtra has topped the vaccination tally in India. In the state, a record 4,62,735 people were also vaccinated on April 3. Dr Pradip Vyas, Principal Secretary Health of Maharashtra, said that on Saturday state administered the highest ever number of 4.62 lakh vaccines in a day from 4,102 centres which probably would be a national record till now.
Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said, âSince the launch of vaccination on January 16, Maharashtra has been topping among other states. Maharashtra is way ahead of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in daily vaccination. The state government proposes to double the number of people to be vaccinated. The government aims to vaccinate 6 to 7 lakh daily from the present level of 3 lakh people. State is confident to achieve this targe
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Updated Mar 17, 2021, 5:37 pm IST
The Punjab Government has set a record by generating 9,55,489 e-cards of beneficiaries from 22 February to 16 March 2021
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Chandigarh: The Punjab Government has set a record by generating 9,55,489 e-cards of beneficiaries from 22 February to 16 March 2021 under AB- Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojna. It was disclosed by Principal Secretary Health & Family Welfare Hussan Lal in a high-powered meeting at Paryas Bhawan Sector-38 Chandigarh.
While presiding over the meeting, Hussan Lal has directed especially the Punjab Mandi Board & Food & Civil Supply Department to expedite the procedure of generating e-cards of beneficiaries as both departments cover the largest number of beneficiaries under this insurance scheme.
Crowded public transport was listed as one of the possible factors of Covid surge in the state.
New Delhi:
The apparent lack of fear of the pandemic among people, recent local body elections and crowded public transport are among factors that may have contributed to the surge in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, a central team of experts that visited the state has said.
The three-member team comprising Health Ministry Joint Secretary Nipun Vinayak visited Maharashtra on March 1 and 2 to understand what was causing the surge in cases. While the exact causes of surge are not known since laxity in COVID-19 behaviour is not specific to the state the possible factors are COVID-inappropriate behaviour due to lack of fear of disease, pandemic fatigue; miss outs and super spreaders; and enhanced aggregations due to recent gram panchayat elections, marriage season and opening of schools, crowded public transport, etc., according to a report shared by the government.