India in good position in battle against coronavirus: Shah
| Date :13-Jul-2020 |
GURGAON :
INDIA is at a “good position” in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic and the country will fight the disease with determination and enthusiasm, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday. Shah spoke after participating in a mega plantation drive initiated by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) that has a target to plant about 1.37 crore saplings in their country-wide campuses by this month-end. “The world is seeing that if a successful battle has been fought anywhere across the globe against the coronavirus it is India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
“It was feared that how would a large country like ours would face this challenge given that we have a federal structure of governance, dense population of 130 crore people and no single chain of command,” Shah said. He was speaking after planting a peepal tree at the CRPF officers’ training academy campus in Kadarpur village here.
The 130 crore people of the country, all the States and every individual fought this battle against COVID-19 as one nation, he said. Across the globe, Governments are fighting this disease but in our country everyone has joined hands, Shah said. “We are at a good position in this coronavirus battle and will continue this fight with determination and there is no atmosphere of fear. We have the passion to battle it and enthusiasm to defeat it (coronavirus),” Shah said in his address to the chiefs of various CAPFs and troops who heard him over a webinar link.
A health worker collects swab sample of a child for the COVID-19 test, at Gardiner Hospital in Patna on
Sunday. (ANI)
COVID-19 tally climbs to 8,49,553
NEW DELHI,
July 12 (PTI)
INDIA added a record 28,637 cases of coronavirus infection on Sunday pushing the country’s COVID-19 tally to 8,49,553, while the death toll climbed to 22,674 with 551 people succumbing to the disease in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries stands at 5,34,620, while there are 2,92,258 active cases of coronavirus infection presently in the country.
“Thus, around 62.93 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said. The total number of confirmed cases include foreigners. This was the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases in the country have increased by more than 26,000. According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 1,15,87,153 samples have been tested up to July 11 with 2,80,151 samples being tested on Saturday.
The country at present has 1,370 dedicated COVID hospitals, 3,062 COVID health centres, and 10,334 COVID care centres. The Centre has so far provided 122.36 lakh PPE Kits, 223.33 lakh N95 masks and 21,685 ventilators to various states, Union territories (UTs) and central institutions, the Ministry said. Enabling factors like removing all impediments to COVID-19 testing and facilitating widespread testing by states and UTs continue to result in a steady rise in the total number of samples tested every day, it said.
“As a result of these efforts, the testing per million for India is presently 8,396.4,” the Ministry said. A crucial supporting factor in the progressive rise in testing numbers is a continuous expansion of the countrywide diagnostic lab network, which as on date, comprises 850 labs in the Government sector and 344 private labs (total of 1,194 labs), the Ministry added.