India records over 3.28 Lakh COVID Recovery cases in the last 10 Days

India’s health systems are reeling under heavy pressure due to enormous rise of new COVID cases. Good news now is that the recovery rate has improved significantly in the last 10 days. According to Union Health Ministry, India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,86,71,222 today. Average daily recovery of more than 3.28 lakh cases has been recorded in last 10 days. The National Recovery Rate is 82.39%. In the last 24 hours 3,53,818 recoveries were registered.  Ten states account for 74.38% of the new recoveries.

 

The Ministry also said that 6,738 Oxygen Concentrators, 3,856 Oxygen Cylinders, 16 Oxygen Generation Plants, 4,668 ventilators/ Bi PAP/ C PAP and more than 3L Remdesivir vials received as part of global aid to India have been delivered/ dispatched to States and UTs to augment and supplement their infrastructure, so far. The Union Government is ensuring that the global aid is being expeditiously delivered to States and UTs through fast custom clearances, and use of air and road.

In another significant development, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed the landmark of 17 Crores as the Phase-3 of the nationwide Vaccination Drive expands further. India is the fastest country globally to administer 17 crore COVID vaccine doses. China took 119 days and USA took 115 days for reaching the same landmark. A total of 17,01,76,603 vaccine doses have been administered through 24,70,799 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 95,47,102 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 64,71,385 HCWs who have taken the 2nddose, 1,39,72,612 FLWs (1stdose), 77,55,283. More than 6.8 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours. As on Day-114 of the vaccination drive (9th May, 2021), 6,89,652 vaccine doses were given. Across 5,685 sessions, 4,05,325 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 2,84,327 beneficiaries received their 2nd dose of vaccine.

Meanwhile, 3,66,161 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Ten States reported 73.91% of the new cases in last 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 48,401. It is followed by Karnataka with  47,930 while Kerala reported 35,801 new cases. India’s total Active Caseload has reached 37,45,237. It now comprises 16.53% of the country's total Positive Cases. A net incline of 8,589cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours. 13 States cumulatively account for 82.89% of India’s total Active Cases. The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09% and 3,754 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Yet another promising efforts came from Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)  and it has now strengthened Rapid Pan-India Response to the Second Wave. TMC has been responsible for protecting cancer patients who are far more susceptible to an adverse event from Covid-19. A FedEx 777 cargo plane landed in Mumbai on Sunday morning with 81,000 kgs of medical equipment for Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) and its associated hospitals for distribution across India. The chartered flight carried in 3,400 portable oxygen concentrators along with 300,000 N95 masks. A few hours later, an Air India passenger plane landed in Delhi with an additional 400 concentrators. These are the third and fourth shipments that Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) has brought in over the past two weeks.

TMC, besides providing life-saving services, is also sourcing and allocating medical equipment for over 200 hospitals across India that are part of the National Cancer Grid (NCG). Dr. RajendraBadwe, Director of TMC, said, “We have the singular focus of getting these units to the hospitals throughout India so that many can breathe well.” This expedient and organized response to the pandemic is fitting with TMC’s role as an 80-year-old institution focused on delivering quality care to all, including the most vulnerable and underserved in the country.

TMC is a tertiary cancer center under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. It sees up to 100,000 new cancer cases each year. Two thirds of its patients are treated at a highly subsidized rate or completely free of charge.

When asked how TMC has been able to respond so effectively to the recent shortage in oxygen supply, Dr. Badwe states, “ Besides local industry stepping up production of medical grade oxygen , philanthropists  like Tata Trusts and other NGO’s in India  helping  procure large oxygenators, we have had an overwhelming response globally, with Indian diaspora and medical community joining hands to support,Air India, our national carrier, has been superlative in their services and has been instrumental in the speedy delivery of the consignment without any added cost of transit ”

DrBadwe concluded, “We are facing difficult times, but with our preparedness and global support we should be able to overcome it. Hopefully with access to vaccination across the globe we should be able to offer protection to the entire humanity against the deadly virus.”