According to the updated data of the Union Home Ministry, India on Saturday once again registered a marginal increase in the number of Kovid-19 cases with 2,323 new cases. Additionally, the active caseload in the country stood at 14,996 on Saturday, according to the Health Ministry data.
India’s Covid-19 tally rose to 4,31,34,145 on Saturday with 2,323 fresh infections, while the number of active cases declined to 14,996, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. According to the updated figures, the death toll rose to 5,24,348 with 25 deaths.
Active cases comprise 0.03% of total infections. The ministry said that the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.75%. There has been a decrease of 48 cases in the active Covid-19 caseload in a period of 24 hours.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.47% and the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 0.51%, the ministry said. The number of people cured of the disease increased to 4,25,94,801. The case fatality rate was 1.22%, it said.
Meanwhile, the union Ministry of Health has expressed concern about the very slow pace of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the States and Union Territories, and urged them to expedite the pace of full immunization coverage to all eligible beneficiaries.
This was informed by Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan to all the States and Union Territories as they have . reviewed the status of covid vaccination With the Health Secretaries and NHM MDs of the States and Union Territories through a video conference today.
Highlighting the urgent need for an intensified ‘mission mode’ for COVID-19 vaccination across the country to accelerate the recent calm, the Union Health Secretary urged them to launch a two-month long “Har Ghar Dastak” campaign during June. 2.0 is recommended. -July with detailed district, block and village level plans.
The ‘Har Ghar Dastak 2.0’ campaign aims to immunize and saturate eligible population groups for first, second and precautionary doses through door-to-door campaigns, which include focused campaigns for old age homes, schools or colleges. According to the ministry school children (for focused coverage for children in the age group of 12-18 years), prisons, brick kilns etc.
Health Secretary stresses on a clear and effective communication strategy to accelerate nationwide COVID-19 vaccination, noting that optimized field communication best practices have led to commendable results in India’s highly commendable COVID-19 coverage of over 191 crore doses have received.
During the meeting, the focus was on regional influencers, community leaders, innovative campaigns, etc. Underlining that the COVID-19 vaccine is a precious national resource, he was strongly advised to ensure that the COVID-19 vaccines are not wasted at any cost. This should be ensured through active surveillance and on the basis of the “first expiry first out” principle, where the first expired dose should be used for the first vaccination.
(with inputs from agencies)