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        CHECKING PANDEMIC






         Precaution is better than cure to

         fight the COVID-19 pandemic and

         India is successfully doing it with

         an ascending recovery rate




            lobal Handwashing Day that falls on
        GOctober 15 has become a necessity in the
         time of COVID-19  Pandemic. With focus on
         hand washing and sanitizing, use of mask and          More than 44 LAKH PATIENTS RECOVER
         maintaining 2 sq. yards distance, the nation’s
         successful fight against Corona pandemic has                    India Fights Corona
         reached to a new level with very high number                 As on September 22, 2020
         of daily recoveries. The continuous upward
         trajectory of India’s recovery rate has touched
         78.64 per cent on September 17, 2020.
           In an unprecedented surge, India has recorded
         the highest number of single day recoveries on                    Two yards Distance
         September 21, 2020. More than 1 lakh (1,01,468)
         new recoveries have been registered in a single          56, 46,010 cases reported in India
         day. With this, the total number of recoveries
         are nearly 45 lakh (44,97,867). This has
         resulted in the Recovery Rate touching 80.86%.          Recovery Rate         80.86%
         India’s landmark achievement of recording the
         maximum  number of recoveries has positioned          44, 97,867 patients have been cured. 80 out of 100 patients
         it as the top country globally.                       are recovering. The death rate is 1.59%.


          ‘eSanjeevani’ records 3 lakh tele-consultations       On September 21 , 1,01,468 patients recovered
           The Union Health Ministry's ‘eSanjeevani’
         telemedicine service for tele-consultations           79% of the recovered patients are from 10 states & Union
         has completed 3 Lakh tele-consultations.              Territories.  States  are  Maharashtra,  Andhra  Pradesh,
         Union   Minister   for   Health   and    Family       Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha,  Kerala, West
         Welfare  Dr  Harsh Vardhan  had  presided             Bengal, Punjab & Delhi
         over a meet to commemorate the platform’s             36.3 times  increase in isolation beds since March 2020,
         completion of 1.5 lakh consultations on               while 24.6 % increase in ICU beds
         August 9, 2020. The platform has doubled
         the number of consultations within a month            2,31,093 beds with oxygen support and 32,575 beds with
         since then.                                           ventilators are available
                                                                   (Figures till September 22, 2020 Source: Ministry of Health)
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