Date: 16.04.2021

• વિશ્વભરમાં રસીકરણના સૌથી વિશાળ અભિયાન અંતર્ગત ભારતમાં કુલ રસીકરણનો આંકડો 11.72 કરોડથી વધારે નોંધાયો
• દેશમાં કરવામાં આવેલા કુલ પરીક્ષણોની સંખ્યા 26 કરોડથી વધારે થઇ ગઇ
• 79% નવા કેસો 10 રાજ્યોમાં નોંધાયા
• ભારતમાં દૈનિક ધોરણે નવા કેસોની સંખ્યામાં સતત વધારો થઇ રહ્યો છે અને છેલ્લા 24 કલાકમાં નવા પોઝિટીવ નોંધાયેલા દર્દીઓની સંખ્યા 2,17,353 છે
• રાષ્ટ્રીય સાજા થવાનો સરેરાશ દર 87.80% નોંધાયો છે
• છેલ્લા 24 કલાકમાં વધુ 1,18,302 દર્દીઓ સાજા થયા છે

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ભારતમાં છેલ્લા 24 કલાકમાં 27 લાખથી વધારે રસીના ડોઝ સાથે કુલ રસીકરણનો આંકડો 11.72 કરોડથી વધારે નોંધાયો

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https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1712177

પ્રધાનમંત્રીએ ઓક્સીજનનો પૂરતો પૂરવઠો સુનિશ્ચિત કરવા માટે તેની ઉપલબ્ધતાની સમીક્ષા કરી

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ડો. હર્ષવર્ધને હાલમાં રાજધાનીમાં કોવિડ-19 કેસોમાં વધારો જોઈને નવી દિલ્હી સ્થિત એઈમ્સની તૈયારીઓની સમીક્ષા કરી

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આરોગ્ય મંત્રાલયે કેન્દ્રીય મંત્રાલયો અને તેમના PSUને રાજ્યો/કેન્દ્રશાસિત પ્રદેશોમાં તેમની હોસ્પિટલોના બેડ કોવિડ-19 વ્યવસ્થાપન માટે આપવાની સલાહ આપી

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કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ સચિવે છત્તીસગઢ અને ઉત્તરપ્રદેશ દ્વારા કોવિડ-19ની સ્થિતિ અને તેના કન્ટેઈનમેન્ટ અને સંચાલનમાં જાહેર આરોગ્ય અંગે લીધેલા પગલાની સમીક્ષા કરી

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INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD OFFICES

Maharashtra:More than 3 lakh 69 thousand people were vaccinated in the state on Thursday. Pune with 59,190 witnessed the highest number of doses administered, followed by Mumbai with 50930 doses. Thane stands third in the tally with 32085 doses administered. On the same day, Maharashtra recorded 61,695 fresh cases, taking the tally of current active cases to 6,20,060. The State Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope advised district health departments to work on increasing bed capacity, ensuring availability of medicines like Remdesivir and medical oxygen. He said that positive patients must be subjected to institutional isolation as many try to break quarantine rules and thus infect numerous others. Meanwhile, Mumbai's civic body  has taken over four and five star hotels to accommodate patients with no or mild symptoms.

Gujarat: Gujarat government has ordered 100 per cent use of all oxygen produced in the state for the health sector. The State Government has added 18,000 COVID beds in the last 15 days and 8,000 more beds will be added in the coming days, stated CM Vijay Rupani. Gujarat has recorded 8152 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Maximum 2631 new cases have been reported from Ahmedabad, while Surat recorded 1551 new cases. Gujarat now has 44298 active cases.

Rajasthan: To curb the second COVID-19 wave, the Rajasthan Government on Thursday night announced a weekend curfew from Friday 6 P.M. to Monday 5 A.M. However, emergency services such as milk and LPG supply, banking services will be exempted. Amid spiralling COVID cases, Sawai Man Singh Medical College issued a COVID-19 management protocol 2021 in which it has appealed to doctors to use remdesivir, an anti-viral drug, and liquid medical oxygen (LMO) judiciously as its demand has gone up. The health department has imposed a ban on over-the-counter sale of remdesivir from chemists to prevent black-marketing, while for continuous supply of LMO, the health department has written to collectors to keep stock and issued letter to industry department asking them to send a list of industries producing LMO in the state. In the last 24 hours, 6,658 tested positive in the state.

Madhya Pradesh :In Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has thanked the central government for supplying oxygen to the state. Chief Minister said that supply of about 450 metric tonnes of oxygen to the state was agreed upon from Bhilai, Rourkela and Deori. 94 COVID Care Centers have started in the districts of the state. Rs 2 crore has been made available to each district for the arrangements. Along with this, Rs 1 crore has been released separately from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to each district. Madhya Pradesh recorded 10,166 fresh COVID cases on Thursday, while 3,970 patients recovered from infection. the state government has postponed the Board exams for Class 10th and 12th in the wake of worsening COVID-19 situation.

Chhattisgarh: Amidst the rapidly surging COVID crisis, Chhattisgarh Government has invoked the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA). As on April 15, 386.92 metric tons of oxygen gas is being produced in the state every day, while currently only 110.30 metric tons of oxygen is needed per day for 5 thousand 898 patients with oxygen support. The fair price shops have been instructed to follow all COVID protocols while distributing ration. 15,256 new Corona positive patients in the state on Thursday. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh mounted to 5,01,500. Chhattisgarh Government has made it mandatory for all passengers entering the state by air or railways to carry negative RTPCR report that is not older than 72 hours.

Kerala: A total of 24,953 people have taken COVID vaccination today in the state till noon. Out of this 19,376 took their first dose and 5,577 second dose. The total number of vaccination administered in the state so far is 2,06,116. Out of this 1,66,306 were first dose and 39,810 second dose.

Meanwhile, the state government has put in place a three-pronged strategy to arrest within two months the COVID-19 surge being witnessed post Assembly elections. These include 2.5 lakh tests each on Friday and Saturday, slashing of number of people at events and making COVID negative certificate mandatory for entering into malls.

8126 new cases were reported in the state after 60,900 tests on Thursday, with the test positivity rate shooting up to 13.34%.

Tamil Nadu: With 58,097 active COVID cases reported on Thursday, TN crossed its earlier peak of 57,968 cases recorded on July 31, 2020. A total of 7,987 new cases and 29 deaths were recorded yesterday, the highest in 2021. A total of 2,17,666 people, including 1,15,970 people aged 45-59 with co-morbidities and 85,111 senior citizens, were vaccinated at 4,408 sessions on Thursday. The number of those vaccinated has gone up to 43,90,629. Oxygen facilities in Government Hospitals increased to 780 KL. Door-to-door fever survey has been restored to identify people for RT PCR test as well as eligible individuals for vaccination.  The second phase of the state health department’s sero-surveillance to measure the exposure of the Madurai’s population to the SARS-CoV-2 is underway in Madurai.

Karnataka: As per COVID bulletin released by the state government for 15-04-2021, New Cases Reported: 14738; Total Active Cases: 96561; New COVID Deaths: 66; Total COVID Deaths: 13112. Around 73,687 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 62,74,260 having been vaccinated in the state till now. Karnataka on Thursday reported its highest single-day COVID spike. Out of the cases reported, 10,497 were from Bengaluru Urban alone. Ten more COVID Care Centres (CCCs) will be set up across Bengaluru to cater to the rising number of people contracting the coronavirus infection daily. The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the state DGP and IGP to immediately direct all authorised officers to register FIRs against all who violate COVID-19 rules on wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.

Andhra Pradesh: The State reported highest one-day spike of 5086 new cases in coronavirus cases, 14 fatalities, while the infection positivity rate climbed to 6.05 per cent.  The total number of cases have increased to 9,42,135, the death toll rose to 7353.  Meanwhile, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy asked the officials to intensify the COVID vaccination programme.  At a review meeting on Thursday, he congratulated Health officials for administrating 6.28 lakh doses of vaccine on Wednesday. In the wake of surging COVID-19 cases, the state government on Thursday revived the State COVID Command and Control Centre with 21 All India Services officers, to take necessary steps for COVID-19 management and vaccination on a daily basis, monitoring and guiding the district administrations in taking the necessary measures.

Telangana: A total of 1,54,568 were administered first dose and 13,631 second dose of COVID vaccine on Thursday in the state. Now, the cumulative number of persons of all categories received first dose of vaccine stands at 22,90,562 and second dose at 3,36,009. Meanwhile, a total of 3,840 new daily COVID cases and 9 fatalities were reported yesterday in the state. Now, the total number of positive cases in the state reached 3,41,885 and the fatalities 1,797. The number of Active Cases in the state stands at 30,494 and Out of which 20,215 are in home/institutional quarantine.  The State Govt has decided to increase the number of beds in all Govt and Private hospitals by 25 percent, asked all hospitals to postpone non-emergency surgeries in the wake of sharp rise in COVID cases and shortage of beds.

Manipur: Daily COVID-19 positive cases in Manipur eased to 18 on Thursday from 21 on Wednesday, while 10 more people recovered, according to the latest update from the health department.As per the latest update by the health department, the total number of COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries in the state crossed one lakh at 1,01,069 as 2,288 more people were vaccinated across the state on Wednesday. Total 32,109 healthcare workers were reportedvaccinated with COVID vaccine as of Wednesday.

Meghalaya: With surging COVID-19 cases in Meghalaya, the state government has decided to vigorously pursue its vaccination drive even as the class 12 board examination starting April 16 will go ahead as scheduled.In the backdrop of the sudden spike in Corona virus cases Chief Minister Conrad K Sangama held a meeting to review the situation.Over 1.61 lakh doses of the corona vaccine have already been administered in Meghalaya as of date

Sikkim: Sikkim saw 41 new cases.There are currently 229 active cases of coronavirus in Sikkim. Sikkim administered 26,328 vaccine shots in the four-day TeekaUtsav from 11 to 14 April. The highest number of vaccine shots were given in East District at 13,701, followed by 5,940 in West District during TeekaUtsav. A total of 4,625 persons were vaccinated for COVID-19 in South District and 2,062 in North District.

Nagaland: Nagaland reports 42 new COVID cases. Active cases are 121 while total rises to 12,482.

Punjab: The total number of patients tested Positive is 286816. Number of active cases is30033. Total Deaths reported is 7722. Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 1st dose (Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 470636.Total COVID-19 Vaccinated with 2nd dose(Healthcare + Frontline Workers) is 141039. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 1st dose is 1512913. Total above 45 Vaccinated with 2nd dose is 44101.

Haryana: Total Number of Samples found positive till date is 335800. Total active COVID-19 patients is 30518. Number of deaths is 3334. Cumulative number of people vaccinated till date is 3034430.

Chandigarh: Total Lab confirmed COVID-19 cases is 32397. Total number of Active Cases is 3371. Total number of COVID-19 deaths till date is 407

Himachal Pradesh: Total number of patients tested Covid positive till date is 73353.Total number of Active Cases is 7362. Total deaths reported till date is 1146

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