The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients was 63.13%.
New Delhi:
With a peak of 37,374 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, India’s toll was just under 7,000 cases to hit 12-Lakh, according to government data. With 6,488 deaths in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths has risen to 28,732.
India also recorded the highest ever recoveries of 28,472 in a single day, bringing the number of patients who have recovered to 7,53,050. This has sharply increased the cure rate of patients with COVID-19 at 63.13%, the health ministry said.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented India as a land of opportunity for US investors and said the partnership between the two countries can play an important role in helping the world bounce back faster from the pandemic. coronavirus.
PM Modi considered too much emphasis on efficiency and optimization to be a pitfall for the global economy and said that improving domestic manufacturing, coupled with healthy financial systems and diversified international trade, was the response to the shocks triggered by COVID-19.
“India offers many more opportunities. We have what it takes to fuel the global economic recovery,” he said.
Here are the updates on the coronavirus (COVID-19) cases:
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan clarified on Wednesday that the state’s exit policy for COVID-19 patients is different from existing policies nationally and in other states.
At a press conference, the Chief Minister said: “According to national policy, a patient is discharged after 10 days of admission if he does not have any minor symptoms. Most states apply this method. In Kerala, a patient was not discharged until after two hours. consecutive negative test results. “
He said testing was made mandatory in asymptomatic cases as well as in updated health ministry guidelines, which were released yesterday.
“Kerala has always followed a policy of only discharging patients after a negative test. The policy is to keep the community safe and prevent the spread of disease. In the third phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in the state, the number is increasing rapidly and today it exceeds 1,000, ”the Chief Minister said.
Researchers are making “good progress” in developing COVID-19 vaccines, with a handful of late stage trials, but their first use can only be expected in early 2021, an expert from World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO is working to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, but in the meantime stopping the spread of the virus is critical, said Mike Ryan, WHO’s emergency program chief, as the new cases dailies around the world are at near record highs.
“We are making good progress,” said Ryan, noting that several vaccines were currently in phase 3 and none had failed, so far, in terms of safety or the ability to generate an immune response.
“In fact, it will be the first part of next year before we start seeing people getting vaccinated,” he said at a public event on social media.
WHO is working to expand access to potential vaccines and help increase production capacity, Ryan said.
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor RK Mathur on Wednesday inaugurated the COVID-19 testing facility established in accordance with safety standards and ICMR notices at the Leh Laboratory (DIHAR) on July 22.
The DIHAR facility was built to increase the rate of tests to identify corona cases in the territory of the Union.
According to the Union Interior Ministry, Ladakh reported 1,198 cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
This includes 186 active cases and 1,010 recovered and discharged patients. Two deaths have been reported so far due to the infection, he added.
