The case fatality rate (CFR) fell below 2.5% for the first time, said the Ministry of Health.
New Delhi:
The case fatality rate for COVID-19 in India is “gradually decreasing” and is currently at 2.49%, which is one of the lowest in the world, the Union’s Department of Health said on Sunday. attributing for this an effective clinical management of hospitalized cases.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Health, the fatality rate (CFR) fell below 2.5% for the first time.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate in India fell from 3.2% around May 12 to 2.82% around June 1. It fell further to 2.72% on July 10 and to 2.49% currently.
The number of COVID-19 patients recovered exceeds the number of active cases in India by 3,044,043, with 6.77 lakh of people who have recovered from the disease so far, the ministry said while the infection coronavirus reached 10,777,618 and the death toll rose to 26,816 on Sunday. .
Medical care is provided to all 3,733,379 active cases, in hospitals and home segregation, the ministry said.
“The total number of cases recovered is 6.77,422. The recovery rate is currently 62.86%,” said the ministry.
There are 29 States and Union Territories with a CFR below the national average, with five of them having a CFR of zero and 14 having a CFR of less than 1%.
Concentrated efforts of the Center and state and US governments on the effective clinical management of hospitalized cases have resulted in the case fatality rate in India falling below 2.5%, the ministry said. .
With an effective containment strategy, aggressive testing and standardized clinical management protocols based on a standard holistic approach to care, the CFR has dropped dramatically, he said.
“The CFR is gradually decreasing and is currently 2.49%. India has one of the lowest death rates in the world,” said the ministry.
Under the leadership of the Center, state and UT governments have stepped up testing and hospital infrastructure by combining efforts from the public and private sectors, the ministry said.
Many states have conducted demographic surveys to map and identify the vulnerable population such as the elderly, pregnant women and people with co-morbidities.
Thanks to technological solutions such as mobile applications, this has kept the high-risk population under continuous observation, thus facilitating early identification, rapid clinical treatment and reducing deaths, the ministry said.
“On the ground, frontline health workers such as ASHAs (accredited social health activists) and ANMs (nursing midwives) have done commendable work in managing the migrant population and raising awareness at the community level.
“As a result, 29 states and UT have a lower CFR than the Indian average. This shows the commendable work being done by the country’s public health care system,” said the ministry.
Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram, Andaman and Nicobar islands have zero mortality.
States and UTs with a CFR below the national average include Tripura (0.19%), Assam (0.23%), Kerala (0.34%), Odisha (0.51%), Goa (0, 60%), Himachal Pradesh (0.75%), Bihar (0.83%), Telangana (0.93%), Andhra Pradesh (1.31%), Tamil Nadu (1.45%), Chandigarh (1 , 71%), Rajasthan (1.94%), Karnataka (2.08%) and Uttar Pradesh (2.36%).
India recorded a record jump of 38,902 cases of COVID-19 in a single day, bringing its toll to 10,777,618 on Sunday, while the number of deaths from the disease rose to 26,816, with 543 deaths reported in 24 hours, according to data from the Ministry of Health updated at 8 a.m.
The country’s testing infrastructure has been significantly strengthened. The screening strategy prescribed by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) allows all licensed physicians to recommend tests.
The Rapid Antigen Point of Care (POC) test, combined with the facilitation of RT-PCR-based tests standardized by states and UTs, has resulted in an increase in the number of samples tested. A total of 3.58,127 samples were tested on Saturday.
With a total of 1,37,91,869 samples tested so far, the test per million (TPM) for India has reached 9994.1, the ministry said.
