By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: At 1.73 Lakh Daily New Cases, declining trend in new cases is maintained.Daily New Cases are lowest in last 45 days.Active Caseload further declines to 22,28,724.Active Cases decrease by 1,14,428 in last 24 hours.
2,51,78,011 Total Recoveries across the country so far.2,84,601 patients recovered during last 24 hours.Daily Recoveries continue to outnumber the Daily New Cases for the 16th consecutive day.Recovery Rate increases to 90.80%.Weekly Positivity Rate currently at 9.84%.
Daily positivity rate at 8.36%, less than 10% for 5 consecutive days.20.89 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.Testing capacity substantially ramped up- 34.1 cr tests total conducted so far.
Government of India has been receiving international cooperation of COVID-19 relief medical supplies and equipment since 27th April 2021 from different countries/organisations. These are being promptly dispatched/delivered to the States and UTs.
Cumulatively, 18,040 Oxygen Concentrators; 19,085 Oxygen Cylinders; 19 Oxygen Generation Plants; 15,256 ventilators/ BiPAP; ~7.7L Remdesivir vials, ~12L Favipiravir tablets delivered/ dispatched through road and air, from 27th April 2021 to 28th May 2021.
Effective immediate allocation, and streamlined delivery to the recipient states/UTs and institutions is an ongoing exercise.
The Union Health Ministry is comprehensively monitoring this on a regular basis. A dedicated Coordination Cell has been created in the Union Health Ministry to coordinate the receipt and allocation of foreign COVID relief material as international cooperation in the form of grants, aid and donations. This Cell started functioning from 26th April 2021. A Standard Operating Procedure has been framed and implemented by the Health Ministry since 2nd May, 2021.
