In a positive development fighting against the Coronavirus outbreak in India, nine states and union territories of the country have been declared as Covid-19 free as on April 26, 2020. While speaking to media, the Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan informed that India’s fight against Covid-19 is improving day-by-day. 64 districts of the country have not reported any new Covid-19 positive case in the last one week.
These states and UTs include – Goa, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Daman and Diu, Dadar and Nagar Haveli, Lakshadweep and Tripura. Goa and Manipur were the first two-state to have zero positive cases of Coronavirus. Goa CM Dr. Pramod Sawat also requested Centre to declare Goa as green zone for Coronavirus.
Tripura became the 9th state to be declared as Coronavirus infection-free as Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb announced on Friday (April 24) that the state has also become coronavirus-free after its second COVID-19 patient tested negative. He expressed happiness on the progress and wished the same for the entire country.
A total of 5, 41, 789 samples from 5, 25, 667 individuals have been tested for COVID-19 whereas 23,502 samples have been confirmed positive as on April 24, 2020, 9 AM IST. As on April 26, 5804 people have been cured with a recovery rate of 21.90%. Also, a total of 26, 496 people have been confirmed positive for COVID-19 with a total number of 824 deaths have been reported in India so far.
Through a graded, pre-emptive and pro-active approach, Government of India is taking several steps along with the States/UTs for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19. These are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan visited Trauma Centre of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), to take stock of preparedness to overcome COVID-19.
During his visit, he visited various wards in the state-of-the-art building having isolation facility for COVID-19 patients. During his visit he spoke to some COVID-19 affected patients through video call over phone, handled by Robot at the patient’s end and enquired about their wellbeing. He also sought their feedback about the facilities available in AIIMS, so that necessary improvements can be made.
After a detailed review, Dr Harsh Vardhan expressed satisfaction at the working of the various units. He also appreciated AIIMS, for ensuring 24X7 monitoring the wellbeing of COVID-19 confirmed and suspected patients using digital platforms and video/ voice call technologies.
Dr Harsh Vardhan urged the people of India to observe the lockdown 2.0 in letter and spirit and to treat it as an effective intervention to cut down spread of COVID-19. He stated that the situation is improving in India as Hot Spot Districts (HSD) are moving towards being Non Hot Spot Districts (NHSD).
