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Night curfew to be imposed in Lucknow from April 8

by Medically Speaking Team April 7, 2021

Lucknow: Police Commissioner DK Thakur has recently announced that a night curfew will be imposed in the view of rising corona virus cases. The restriction will come into effect from 9 pm on April 8 till 6 am on April 16.

Essential services will be allowed during this period. The restriction has been clamped in Lucknow municipal corporation area, not in rural Lucknow. Meanwhile, fruit, vegetable, LPG, petrol diesel and medicine supply will continue uninterrupted.

The Lucknow administration has also ordered the closure of all educational institutes, barring those imparting medical education. All government and non-government schools, colleges, coaching institutes and other educational institutes, barring medical, nursing and para-medical ones will remain closed till April 15, Lucknow’s District Magistrate Abhishek Prakash in a statement on Wednesday. He, however, said examinations including the practical examinations, will be allowed in recognised educational institutes with strict adherence to the anti-Covid protocol.

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96,982 cases registered in the last 24 hours

by Medically Speaking Team April 6, 2021

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India continues to register a daily high rise in the number of Covid cases. 96,982 cases were reported in the last 24 hours out of which 80.04% cases were registered from eight states of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

India’s total Active Caseload has reached 7,88,223. It now comprises 6.21% of the country’s total Positive Cases. A net incline of 46,393 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

50,143 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

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Centre rushes 50 High Level Public Health teams to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab for COVID-19 control and containment measures

by Medically Speaking Team April 5, 2021

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The centre on Monday rushed 50 high-level public health teams to Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Punjab – the three states where high numbers of Covid-19 case have concerned health experts and government. These teams will help in control and containment measures, News agency ANI reported.

On Sunday, PM Modi held a high-level meeting on the Covid-19 situation in the country, which has deteriorated in the past few weeks, and ordered Centre’s assistance to states where the situation has been particularly bad.

During the meeting, PM Modi took stock of the vaccination drive and the efforts to contain the spread of the disease. He also emphasised on ensuring that Covid-19 protocols are followed, and directed the officials to make sure people observe Covid-appropriate behaviour.

On Monday, India recorded 1.03 lakh new cases, the highest-ever single-day spike since the pandemic began. India is now only the third country after the US and Brazil to register a six-figure addition in Covid-19 cases in a single day.

The Prime Minister has convened another meeting with chief ministers and state health ministers on Thursday. This will be PM Modi’s second meeting on the issue in five days.

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Delhi to increase Covid Bed facilities in view of second wave

by Medically Speaking Team April 5, 2021

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States like Delhi and Maharashtra are reporting a daily surge in the number of Covid cases as people are not following safety protocols properly. But unlike last time, is Delhi prepared to face this second wave of coronavirus?

In the view of these rising Covid-19 cases, Delhi Government’s Health and Family Welfare Department has decided to designate the following number of beds in the hospitals mentioned below, for admitting confirmed/suspected cases of Covid-19:

S. No.	Hospitals	No. of Beds reserved for Covid presently	No. of ICU beds with Ventilator	Total Beds for Covid after Escalation	No. of ICU beds with Ventilator after Escalation
1	LN Hospital	300	50	1000	20
2	RGSS Hospital	500	200	500	200
3	BSA Hospital	50	16	100	30
4	Burari Hospital	320	10	320	30
5	Ambedkar Hospital	200		200	0
6	GTB Hospital	0		500	100
7	DDU Hospital	0		100	30
8	DCB Hospital	0		100	10
9	SGM Hospital	0		20	10
10	ASBG Hospital	0		20	10
11	SRC Hospital	0		50	10
	Total	1370		2910	630

MD/Directors of all the above mentioned hospitals have been directed to upgrade the number of beds indicated against their hospital with immediate effect and logistics required, if any, may be sourced by using powers delegated u/s 50 of Disaster Management Act.

54 large pvt hospitals with bed strength of 100 beds or more to reserve at least 30% of their ICU beds or double the occupancy as on Apr 5, whichever is higher & 30% of their ward bed capacity or double the occupancy as on Apr 5,whichever is higher for COVID treatment: Delhi Govt
— ANI (@ANI) April 5, 2021

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72,330 cases registered in the last 24 hours, 8 states show high rise

by Medically Speaking Team April 1, 2021

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Eight states have shown a steep rise in the number of Covid cases in the last 24 hours. A cumulative of 84.61% of 72,330 new cases registered in the last 24 hours are from the state of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. (PIB)

India’s total Active Caseload has reached 5,84,055. It now comprises 4.78% of the country’s total Positive Cases. A net incline of 31,489 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

Five states, namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Punjab cumulatively account for 78.9% of the total active cases in the country. Maharashtra alone accounts for more than 61% of the active caseload of the country.

459 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Six States account for 83.01% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (227). Punjab follows with 55 daily deaths.

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53,480 new cases in the last 24 hrs, 8 states report a high daily surge

by Medically Speaking Team March 31, 2021

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Amid a daily surge in covid cases in India, 53,480 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

84.73% of these new cases are reported from 8 states which are Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh.

Five states namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 79.30% of the total active cases in the country.

354 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

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Covid case updates: An incline of 18,912 cases recorded in the last 24 hrs

by Medically Speaking Team March 30, 2021

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India continues to report daily high surge in the number of Covid cases. In the last 24 hours, 56,211 new cases have been reported, 78.56% of which are from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

India’s total Active Caseload has reached 5,40,720 today. India’s present active caseload now stands at 4.47% of India’s total Positive Cases. A net incline of 18,912 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

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Maha CM orders COVID task force to implement Lockdown like rules

by Medically Speaking Team March 28, 2021

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Maharashtra: Among the continuous case surge in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackrey held a meeting with the senior health officials and COVID task force and instructed them to prepare for restrictions similar to lockdown if people continue to violate COVID-related rules.

ANI reports that the high-level meeting took place on March 28 where the CM said that the cases are rising because people are not following guidelines seriously and that is why strict steps like lockdown need to be considered.

Maharashtra: At a meeting with senior health officials & COVID task force, CM Uddhav Thackeray instructed them to prepare for restrictions similar to lockdown if people continue to violate COVID-related rules pic.twitter.com/pMEz18UxQE
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2021

Thackrey also warned of stricter restrictions if people did not observe COVID-19 safety protocol, an official release said. As per earlier orders, a night curfew will be imposed in Maharashtra from today 8 pm in view of the unabated rise in COVID-19 cases.

The curfew order will come into effect from Sunday night. Also, local authorities should ensure that shopping malls remain shut between 8 pm and 7 am, Thackeray ordered after a meeting.

CM also asked state and semi-government administrations to restrictions on visitors entry. He said that if the private establishments are not adhering to the 50% attendance rule, the state administration should prepare a plan for imposing lockdown, according to reports.

Among the curbs, the state government has increased the fine to ₹500 from the existing ₹200 on anyone found without a mask in public in an attempt to contain virus surge.

“Any person found to be without masks shall be fined an amount of ₹500. Any person found to be spitting in public places will be fined an amount of ₹1000”, informed Maharashtra Government. In view of the rising graph of COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had on Friday directed officials to impose section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure under which gathering of five or more persons will be banned in night in the state beginning March 28.

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Covid Surge: 2 High level multidisciplinary teams rushed to Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh

by Medically Speaking Team March 26, 2021

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Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has rushed two High Level multidisciplinary teams to Chhattisgarh & Chandigarh in view of surge in number of COVID-19 cases being reported from the State and UT. These teams shall work with the respective State/UT Government to ascertain the reason/s for surge, assist in undertaking gap analysis and recommend requisite COVID-19 control and containment measures.

Chhattisgarh has recently witnessed a significant spurt in fresh COVID cases as well as new deaths every day. Chandigarh has also seen a significant surge in new cases. The deployed teams shall visit the most affected districts/hotspots in the State/UT to take a stock of on-ground implementation of public health interventions. They will share the key findings, recommendations and remedial measures to be taken up with the Chief Secretary/Chief Administrator.

The team to Chhattisgarh is headed by Dr. S K Singh, Director, National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and has experts from AIIMS, Raipur and All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health. The team to Chandigarh is led by Shri Vijoy Kumar Singh, Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Ministry of Textiles with experts drawn from Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.

The Union Government has been leading the fight against the Covid pandemic with a ‘Whole of Government’ approach. As an ongoing effort to strengthen efforts of various State/UT Governments for COVID management, the Central Government has been deputing Central teams from time to time to visit various States/UTs. These teams interact with the State/UT authorities and get a first hand understanding of the challenges and issues being faced by them so as to strengthen their ongoing activities and remove bottlenecks, if any. The reports of Central Teams are shared with the states for further follow up action. The follow up and compliance on part of states is monitored by the Union Ministry of Health. This deployment is latest in a series of teams that Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has deputed over the last couple of months in view of reports of resurgence in number of cases currently being reported by many States.

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