PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19

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  • India reports 1 Lakh Daily New Cases in last 24 hours, lowest in 61 days
  • India’s Active Caseload further declines to 14,01,609
  • 1,74,399 patients recovered during last 24 hours
  • Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 25th consecutive day
  • Recovery Rate increases to 93.94%
  • Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 6.21%
  • Daily positivity rate at 6.34%, less than 10% for 14 consecutive days.
  • Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 36.6 cr total tests conducted
  • 23.27 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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COVID-19 UPDATE

India has reported 1,00,636 New Cases in the last 24 hours. This is the lowest in the last two months.The country has recorded less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 11 continuous days now. This is a result of collaborative and sustained efforts by the Centre and States/UTs following the “whole of Government” approach.

  • India reports 1 Lakh Daily New Cases, lowest in 61 days
  • Less than 2 lakh Daily New Cases for 11 consecutive days
  • India’s Active Caseload drops to14,01,609 today
  • Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 25th consecutive day
  • Steady incline in National Recovery Rate maintained; Recovery Rate increases to 93.94%
  • Daily Positivity Rate at 6.34% continues trend of less than 10% positivity rate for 14 consecutive days
  • 23.27 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive

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COVID-19 Vaccination UPDATE

More than 24 crore (24,60,80,900) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.

Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 23,11,69,251 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 1.49 crore (1,49,11,649) COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.

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Dr Harsh Vardhan chairs 28th meeting of Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare chaired the 28th meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) on COVID-19 by a video-conference, here today. He was joined by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Ministry of External Affairs, Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Union Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs (I/C); Civil Aviation (I/C); & MoS Commerce & Industry, Shri Nityanand Rai, Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs and Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare.Dr. Harsh Vardhan gave a snapshot of India’s efforts to contain COVID-19 at the outset: “The recovery rate has been climbing up and stands at 93.94% today. In the last 24 hours we have had the least number of Daily New cases in the last 61 days with just over 1 Lakh cases (1,00,636). 1,74,399 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours and our case fatality rate has been 1.20%. Today is the 25th day in succession where our daily recoveries outnumbered new cases.”

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Centre to States: Unique Disability Identification Card (UDID) now acceptable as a Photo ID for registration on Co-WIN 2.0

It has been the constant endeavour of the Union Government to streamline the vaccination process for its universalization. In this backdrop, the Union Ministry of Health has written to the States/UTs today to include the Unique Disability Identification (UDID) Card as a Photo ID while registering on Co-WIN 2.0. As per the Guidance note for Co-WIN 2.0 issued on 2nd March 2021, seven prescribed Photo IDs were specified and prescribed for verification of beneficiary prior to their vaccination.

In the letter written to the States and UTs, the Union Health Ministry has stated that the UDID card, issued to persons with disability by Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, has all the necessary features such as the name, year of birth, gender and photograph of the person, and meets the criteria for use of identification in COVID-19 vaccination.

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Inputs from PIB Field units

Kerala:The review meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan later today is likely to take a call on extending the lockdown in the state. The TPR has been below 15% for the last three consecutive days. It was 28.25 on May 8 when the lockdown started. On May 12, it rose again to 29.72. Yesterday it stood at 14.27 % with 14,672 new positive cases. However, the death toll is nearing 10,000. State Health Minister Veena George today informed the assembly that the vaccination drive in the state will be intensified in a targeted manner. So far a total of 1,03,82,765 people have been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 82,16,201 took first dose and  21,66,564  second dose.

 

Tamil Nadu: TN Chief Minister M.K. Stalin visited the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur on Sunday to take stock of the incidence of Covid-19 infection among Asiatic lions at the zoo. Black fungus has affected 921 persons in Tamil Nadu, officials said; State has so far received 2470 vials of Black Fungus drug Amphotericin-B from Centre. Three Oxygen express trains, carrying 354.92 MT of oxygen from Durgapur, Rourkela and Raipur reached Chennai on Sunday. Oxygen expresses have so far brought 3,315.69 MT of oxygen. The number of Covid-19 cases continued to fall in Tamil Nadu, with 20,421 fresh cases reported on Sunday. The tally of active cases stands at 2,44,289. So far, 22,37,233 people have tested positive.

 

Karnataka:As per the State Government bulletin released for 06-06-2021, New Cases Reported: 12,209; Total Active Cases: 2, 54,505; New Covid Deaths: 320; Total Covid Deaths: 31,580. Around 57,519 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,51,12,744 having been vaccinated in the state till now. Covid-19 patient discharges are outstripping new cases being found daily, with officials describing the development as a sign of the state’s recovery from the second wave. The government is leading the creation of 20 thousand new jobs in the healthcare sector.  Areas such as the maintenance of medical equipment that do not require much medical technology have been identified for this.

 

Andhra Pradesh: State reported 8976 new Covid-19 cases after testing 83,690 samples with 90 deaths, while 13,568 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 17,58,339; Active cases: 1,23,426; Discharges: 16,23,447; Deaths: 11,466.  A total of 1,08,52,057 doses of Covid vaccines have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 82,75,784 first doses and 25,76,273 second doses.  State Covid nodal officer ArjaSrikanth said the State government is setting up oxygen plants in all districts to meet the requirements of the Covid patients.  With a drop in new infections for the past couple of days, the state government has decided to extend the partial curfew relaxation time by two more hours after June 10. Meanwhile, amid projections of a possible third wave of Covid-19 and its greater impact on children, nine kids in the age group of 4-10 were infected with the virus and admitted to Ruia Government General Hospital, Tirupati on Sunday. The State government is likely to come up with a plan of action to face the third wave. Plans are afoot to strengthen paediatric health care facilities in hospitals across the State.

 

Telangana:State Cabinet is meeting tomorrow to take stock of the Covid situation and lockdown in the state. A total of 1436 new Covid cases and 14 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of cases to 5,91,170 and fatalities to 3378. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 27,016 and recovery rate is reported to be at 94.85 against the national average of 93.62. A Mega Vaccination drive was taken up in Hyderabad yesterday where more than 40,000 individuals above 18 years of age received the vaccine. The vaccination drive was organised by the Medicover Hospitals, Cyberabad Police Commissionerate and Society for Cyberabad Security Council (SCSC). About 3000 people were vaccinated per hour in the drive through 300 counters set up at the venue. Special vaccination drive for high risk groups in the state is going on and out of 10 lakh people identified in this category, about 4 lakh people have been vaccinated so far.

 

Maharashtra: As Maharashtra gears up for a five-level unlocking under its ‘Break the Chain’ initiative, the state has issued a fresh notification for Navi Mumbai and Thane’s unlocking process that will begin today. A notification issued put Thane and Navi Mumbai civic areas in level 2 of the state government’s five-level plan to ease restrictions from today based on the weekly positivity rate and the occupancy of oxygen beds.The Covid-19 vaccine trial among children of 12 to 18 years of age group has been started in Nagpur. The vaccine is being given by intramuscular mode to children.Maharashtra yesterday crossed the grim milestone of one lakh coronavirus deaths after 230 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours. According to the health bulletin, the state witnessed 12,557 new coronavirus cases, taking the cumulative tally to 5,831,781. This is the lowest daily number of cases recorded in the state in nearly three months. Mumbai reported 794 fresh cases, 20 deaths and 833 people were discharged following their recovery.

Gujarat: On Sunday, Gujarat recorded the deaths of 12 Covid positive patients, a 65-day low for the state. Gujarat recorded 848 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, taking its tally to 8,16,234, while the recovery count rose by 2,915 during the day to touch 7,88,293, which is over 96 per cent of the caseload. The cases are also down at an 84-day low at 848.2,26,335 people were vaccinated on Sunday, taking the overall number of doses administered so far in the state to 1,84,04,654.

Rajasthan: In view of the drop in Covid-19 cases, the Ashok Gehlot-led government began the “unlock” process in the state by easing certain restrictions from June 2. Accordingly, government offices are now allowed to function with 25 per cent employees till June 7, and after that with 50 per cent employees. Private offices are allowed to remain open till 2 pm and can operate with 25 per cent employees. As per the new guidelines, organisation of wedding has been banned till June 30, while the number of people allowed to attend funerals has been capped at 20.Active coronavirus cases in Rajasthan dropped below the 20,000-mark. With the state reporting 904 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, active caseload in Rajasthan now stands at 18,575. Of the 904 new cases, Rajasthan’s capital Jaipur account for 169 cases.

Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh reported 735 new positive cases yesterday and 42 deaths while 1,934 patients recovered from infection. 44 districts of the state reported below 10 corona cases. The number of active cases in the state declined to 10,103. The state reported 0.9 per cent corona-positive rate.Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan while reviewing corona control arrangements has said that state should be made self-reliant in oxygen production before the possible third wave.

Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh has reported 999 fresh cases of the Covid-19 yesterday. This is the lowest number of cases reported in the last about 80 days. Chhattisgarh has been witnessing a steady decline in cases of CoVID infection. The test positivity rate in the state has come down to less than 3 percent. The number of people recovering from the disease also outnumbered the number of people testing positive as 1909 patients discharged after recovery on Sunday. The number of COVID-19 cases continued to fall in various districts. Out of the 28 districts, in three districts cases were reported in single digit. While in remaining districts, cases were reported in double digits.

Goa: Goa’s coronavirus caseload went up by 403 and reached 1,59,393 on Sunday, while the day also saw 16 deaths and 1,449 recoveries. The state’s toll stands at 2,760 and the recovery count is 1,49,479, leaving it with an active caseload of 7,154. With 3,022 samples being examined in the last 24 hours, the number of tests in Goa went up to 8,45,942.

Assam: 37 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Assam, while 2,228 new infections were detected from 73,648 tests done during the day. The positivity rate was 3.03 percent. Kamrup Metro saw 309 new cases.

Manipur:  Manipur on Sunday reported 9 fatalities and 823 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 8773 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The number of people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccine in Manipur reached 4,22,872, as per the latest updates.

Nagaland: Nagaland’s COVID positivity declined a bit with 77 new cases detected on Sunday along with 4 deaths. Active cases are 4732 while tally is 22,77,3.

Tripura:In Tripura, 654 tested positive of COVID-19 with 6 deaths in last 24 hours. Positivity stands at 4.06% with total 16105 total samples tested.

Sikkim: Sikkim registered 340 new COVID-19 cases from the 2548 samples tested on Saturday. The positivity rate, as perHealth department, is 13.34%.The State’s active COVID tally is 4306.

Meghalaya: In Meghalaya, 12 more persons have succumbed to COVID-19 on Sunday taking the death toll in the state to 664. The Meghalaya Government will now allow citizens in the age group of 18-44 years to book vaccine slots on the spot.An official from the Health department informed that on the spot vaccination for the 18-44 group will begin tentatively from June 11 in selected centres.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 579560. Number of active cases is 22160. Total Deaths reported is 15076. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 1120741. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 309955. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 2982118. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 490177.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 762291. Total active COVID-19 patients is 9097. Number of deaths is 8712. Cumulative coverage of vaccination is 6018309.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 60659. Total number of Active Cases is 833. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 772.

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 194742. Total number of Active Cases is 9484. Total deaths reported till date is 3263.

 

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