Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair on Wednesday a virtual meeting with the Chief Ministers and Health Ministers of seven States/Union Territories (UTs) with high COVID-19 burden, to review the status and preparedness of disease response and management, says a Union government release
More than 63% of the active cases of the country are concentrated in these seven States/ UT- Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab, notes the release.
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“They also account for 65.5% of the total confirmed cases and 77% of the total deaths. Along with the other five States, Punjab and Delhi have reported an increase in the number of cases being reported recently. Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi are reporting high mortality with more than 2.0% Case Fatality Rate (CFR). Other than Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, their positivity rate is observed to be above the national average of 8.52%,’’ it says.
e-ICU tele-consultation
The Health Ministry said it was supporting the States to ramp up the healthcare and medical infrastructure, while the clinical management capacities of the doctors manning the ICUs have been substantially upgraded through the e-ICU tele-consultation exercise.
“High level review with the States/UTs has ensured adequate availability of medical oxygen in the hospitals and COVID-19 healthcare facilities. The Centre is also regularly deputing multi-disciplinary teams to States/UTs to support and handhold them in matters of containment, surveillance, testing and efficient clinical management of the positive cases. The Central teams also guide the local authorities in effectively managing the challenges related to timely diagnosis and needed follow up,’’ the Ministry stated.
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