30 areas responsible for 80% cases
With almost 4,000 cases in a day, the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in India increased to 85,940 on Saturday. However, the recovery rate has also increased to 35.09 per cent. According to the Union health ministry, the country registered 3,970 new coronavirus patients and 103 deaths in the last 24 hours. So far, there have been 2,752 fatalities due to Covid-19.
According to the Union health ministry data, so far 30,150 people have been cured and in the last 24 hours, 2,233 patients tested negative for coronavirus infection.
“The total number of confirmed cases is now 85,940. Since Friday, an increase of 3,970 has been noted in the number of
Covid-19 confirmed cases in India,” it said.
Union health secretary Preeti Sudan held a highlevel review meeting with the principal health secretaries, municipal commissioners, district magistrates and other officials from the 30 municipal areas which are contributing almost 80 per cent of the country’s Covid-19 cases. These 30 municipal areas are from Maharashtra, Tamil
Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Odisha.
The measures taken by the officials and the staff of the municipal corporations for the management of Covid-19 cases were reviewed during the meeting which was also informed that fresh guidelines on management of Covid-19 in urban settlements are being shared, a health ministry statement said.
During the meeting, a presentation was made on the present status of Covid-19 infections in the districts while highlighting the high risk factors, indices such as confirmation rate, fatality rate, doubling rate, tests per million etc. The municipal officials were briefed about the factors to be considered while mapping the containment and buffer zones. Meanwhile, Union minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the Railways is ready to run “Shramik Special” trains from any district in the country, and asked DCs to prepare a list of migrant workers stranded in their regions due to the coronavirus lockdown.
The district collectors have to coordinate with state nodal officers as well as nodal officers designated by the railways, he said. “To provide relief to migrant labour, Indian Railways is ready to run “Shramik Special” trains from any district in the Country. district collectors should prepare lists of stranded labour & destination and apply to Railways through the State nodal officer,” the railways minister tweeted.