Registering a steady rise in cases, India on Thursday reported reported 18,930 fresh cases, according to the Union Health Ministry updated data. The country reported 14,650 recoveries and 35 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data revealed. The country's active cases stood at 1,19,457 on Thursday and the daily positivity rate at 4.32%, the Health Ministry data further revealed.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,305 with 35 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed. The active cases comprise 0.26 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.53 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 4,245 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.
A total of 86.53 crore tests have been conducted so far with 4,38,005 tests conducted in 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.32 per cent while the weekly positivity rate stood at 3.86 per cent. India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16.
It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and the one-crore mark on December 19. The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year. It crossed four crore on January 25 this year.
The 35 new fatalities include 19 from Kerala, seven from Maharashtra and three from West Bengal. A total of 5,25,305 deaths have been reported so far in the country, including 1,47,956 from Maharashtra, 70,073 from Kerala, 40,122 from Karnataka, 38,027 from Tamil Nadu, 26,276 from Delhi, 23,543 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,231 from West Bengal.
The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities. "Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.
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Healthcare
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•Challenges in the diagnosis, quarantine and treatment of suspected or confirmed cases
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•High burden of the functioning of the existing medical system
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•Patients with other disease and health problems are getting neglected
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•Overload on doctors and other healthcare professionals, who are at a very high risk
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•Overloading of medical shops
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•Requirement for high protection
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•Disruption of medical supply chain
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B)Economic
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•Slowing of the manufacturing of essential goods
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•Disrupt the supply chain of products
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•Losses in national and international business
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•Poor cash flow in the market
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•Significant slowing down in the revenue growth
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C)Social
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•Service sector is not being able to provide their proper service
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•Cancellation or postponement of large-scale sports and tournaments
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•Avoiding the national and international travelling and cancellation of services
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•Disruption of celebration of cultural, religious and festive events
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•Undue stress among the population
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•Social distancing with our peers and family members
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•Closure of the hotels, restaurants and religious places
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•Closure of places for entertainment such as movie and play theatres, sports clubs, gymnasiums, swimming pools, and so on.
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•Postponement of examinations
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This COVID-19 has affected the sources of supply and effects the global economy. There are restrictions of travelling from one country to another country. During travelling, numbers of cases are identified positive when tested, especially when they are taking international visits.5 All governments, health organisations and other authorities are continuously focussing on identifying the cases affected by the COVID-19. Healthcare professional face lot of difficulties in maintaining the quality of healthcare in these days.
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